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Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
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A collection of tender, heart-wrenching and defiant poems that explore what it means to love and be loved in an America beset by conflict.

2021 Pulitzer Prize Judges' Statement for POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM by Natalie Diaz

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Finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
Telephone
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Percival Everett
Rave Reviews in NYTBR, PW, and More
Nervous System
Nervous System
Lina Meruane, Megan McDowell
Debut Collection from Caine Prize Winner
Walking on Cowrie Shells
Walking on Cowrie Shells
Nana Nkweti
New Nonfiction from ARGONAUTS Author
On Freedom
On Freedom
Maggie Nelson
Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem
Natalie Diaz
New GW Edition of Classic Novel
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Featured on NPR ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
Abundance
Abundance
Jakob Guanzon
God of Nothingness
God of Nothingness
Mark Wunderlich
Wild Swims
Wild Swims
Dorthe Nors, Misha Hoekstra
First winner of the Graywolf Africa Prize
The House of Rust
The House of Rust
Khadija Abdalla Bajaber
New collection from Pulitzer winner
That Was Now, This Is Then
That Was Now, This Is Then
Vijay Seshadri
New nonfiction from Claudia Rankine
Just Us
Just Us
Claudia Rankine
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry
Guillotine
Guillotine
Eduardo Corral
Winner of the Int'l Booker Prize
The Discomfort of Evening
The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison
Danez Smith is our president.
Homie
Homie
Danez Smith
Debut novel about familial and cultural breakdown in Cuba
The Fallen
The Fallen
Carlos Manuel Alvarez, Frank Wynne
"Sonically brilliant poems that refuse borders. . . "
Catrachos
Catrachos
Roy Guzman
Timely nonfiction about our national divide
American Harvest
American Harvest
Marie Mockett
Winner of the Walt Whitman Award
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Citizen in the Classroom

Claudia Rankine's groundbreaking Citizen: An American Lyric and other books have inspired programming and sparked conversations in schools, universities, and communities across the country. (Photo credit: DP Jolly.)

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The Dragons, the Giant, the Women by Wayétu Moore

Graywolf gave my story a chance when few others would. It's an honor and a privilege to join the roster of this world-class press, committed to disrupting the canon by taking wild, unpopular, beautiful chances.

Wayétu Moore