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Claudia Rankine signing a copy of Citizen for a guest at the Graywolf Literary Gala
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Ilya Kaminsky and Carmen Giménez Smith at 2019 National Book Awards
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There are no differences between men and women. No differences. Except one. Men want to know what sort of gun it is. Women just want the gun.

from LITTLE CONSTRUCTIONS by Anna Burns

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Second novel from Booker-winner out now in US
Little Constructions
Little Constructions
Anna Burns
Portrait of community, identity, and sexuality
Later
Later
Paul Lisicky
“You are really really going to love these chickens”
Barn 8
Barn 8
Deb Unferth
An Anthem of Desire Against Erasure
Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem
Natalie Diaz
Danez Smith is our president.
Homie
Homie
Danez Smith
First new fiction in a decade from a master of the form
The Gnome Stories
The Gnome Stories
Ander Monson
Essays on the subterranean worlds of American life
I Will Take the Answer
I Will Take the Answer
Ander Monson
New collection from NBA finalist
Love and I
Love and I
Fanny Howe
Rave reviews in NYT, New Yorker, and Boston Globe
In the Dream House
In the Dream House
Carmen Machado
Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry
Be Recorder
Be Recorder
Carmen Gimenez Smith
Finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry
Deaf Republic
Deaf Republic
Ilya Kaminsky
Longlisted for the NBA for Translated Literature
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Nona Fernandez, Natasha Wimmer
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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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She Would Be King by Wayetu 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