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Citizen by Claudia Rankine

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Far off, you are being stitched into a storyline in the smooth lobe of another's / mind

from "Invisible Relations," from EYE LEVEL by Jenny Xie

New and Noteworthy

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE
This Mournable Body
This Mournable Body
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Starred PW Review and NYT New & Noteworthy
Guillotine
Guillotine
Eduardo Corral
Exploring a mysterious corner of Europe
To the Lake
To the Lake
Kapka Kassabova
Finalist for the Int'l Booker Prize
The Discomfort of Evening
The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Michele Hutchison
Dramatic retellings of Celtic lyrics and legends
Cinderbiter
Cinderbiter
Tony Hoagland, Martin Shaw
New book from Claudia Rankine coming in Sept
Just Us
Just Us
Claudia Rankine
"An essential voice to the genre of migrant literature"
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women
Wayétu Moore
Danez Smith is our president.
Homie
Homie
Danez Smith
New novel from “one of our culture’s preeminent novelists”
Telephone
Telephone
Percival Everett
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
The More Extravagant Feast
The More Extravagant Feast
Leah Green
An Anthem of Desire Against Erasure
Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem
Natalie Diaz
“You are really really going to love these chickens”
Barn 8
Barn 8
Deb Unferth
Second novel from Booker-winner out now in US
Little Constructions
Little Constructions
Anna Burns
Rave reviews in NYT, New Yorker, and Boston Globe
In the Dream House
In the Dream House
Carmen Machado
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In the News

Image from Citizen PBS NewsHour video
Author Claudia Rankine answers your questions about CITIZEN
Claudia Rankine, author of the July pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This, joins Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about CITIZEN. Read full story »
image from Danez Smith's New Yorker Article
Crying, Laughing, Crying at the George Floyd Protests in Minneapolis by Danez Smith
The author of HOMIE and DON'T CALL US DEAD reflects in the NEW YORKER on the uprising in their home city. 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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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