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Just Us by Claudia Rankine

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.

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A virtuosic collection that inventively expands the sonnet form to confront the messy contradictions of contemporary America, including the beauty and the difficulty of working-class life in the Rust Belt.

Citation for FRANK:SONNETS, Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

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
Brilliant, multifaceted new collection from Jeffrey Yang
Line and Light
Line and Light
Jeffrey Yang
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
A Profound Encounter with the Hyperreality of Our Time
The King's Touch
The King's Touch
Tom Sleigh
Stunning New Novel Translated from the Catalan
When I Sing, Mountains Dance
When I Sing, Mountains Dance
Irene Sola, Mara Faye Lethem
Translated Literature
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
Nona Fernandez, Natasha Wimmer
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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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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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