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Graywolf Press is a nonprofit publisher of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and genre-defying literature whose aim is to foster new thinking about what it means to live in the world today.

Carmen Maria Machado, Max Porter, and Tracy K. Smith
Ilya Kaminsky and Carmen Giménez Smith at 2019 National Book Awards
Carmen Machado and Saidiya Hartman in NY

A work of startling emotional depth and intellectual rigor, Noor Naga's If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English probes the ethics of identity, desire, privilege, and storytelling. 

Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist Statement

Recent Awards Recognition

2022 National Book Award Shortlist for Poetry
The Rupture Tense
The Rupture Tense
Jenny Xie
Winner 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
frank: sonnets
frank: sonnets
Diane Seuss
Shortlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
Noor Naga
Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
The Trees
The Trees
Percival Everett
Winner of the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize
Voice of the Fish
Voice of the Fish
Lars Horn
New Nonfiction from Lawrence Jackson
Shelter
Shelter
Lawrence Jackson
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Yellow Rain
Yellow Rain
Mai Der Vang
Mother Country
Mother Country
Jacinda Townsend
New Novel from International Bestselling Author
Men in My Situation
Men in My Situation
Per Petterson, Ingvild Burkey
New Collection from NBA Finalist
Customs
Customs
Solmaz Sharif
Stunning New Novel Translated from the Catalan
When I Sing, Mountains Dance
When I Sing, Mountains Dance
Irene Sola, Mara Faye Lethem
Echoland
Echoland
Per Petterson, Don Bartlett
Poetry
The Wild Fox of Yemen
The Wild Fox of Yemen
Threa Almontaser
Fiction
Abundance
Abundance
Jakob Guanzon
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In the News

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TSITSI DANGAREMBGA TO JUDGE 2023 GRAYWOLF PRESS AFRICAN FICTION PRIZE
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Graywolf Literary Salon: On Writerly Obsession
Missed our 2022 Graywolf Literary Salon: On Writerly Obsession? You can view a recording of the event. Hear four writers as they read from their new works and consider how obsession is a foundational propellant for writing great books.… Read full story »

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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