Garth Greenwell
@garthgreenwell.bsky.social
What Belongs to You, Cleanness, & Small Rain | 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award | Eeyore at the gay club | https://garthgreenwell.substack.com
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Small Rain has won the PEN/Faulkner Award. I don’t know what to say, except that I’m very grateful to the judges, & very moved to see my book included alongside such excellent writers.
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Thank you to the folks at @literaryhub.bsky.social for publishing this essay about, among other things, what I learned from my teacher Louise Glück, and from reading @garthgreenwell.bsky.social
@ds-waldman.bsky.social considers his own poetic voice alongside those of mentors and peers like Louise Glück and Garth Greenwell.
Suffering Under the Speaker: On Louise Glück, Garth Greenwell, and Vocal Duality
Two or three times a month, I receive a voicemail from some unfamiliar number in Kentucky. Beneath the number, my phone screen lists the county of origin. McCracken County. Danville. Pikeville. Lex…
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February 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Thank you to the folks at @literaryhub.bsky.social for publishing this essay about, among other things, what I learned from my teacher Louise Glück, and from reading @garthgreenwell.bsky.social
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We're thrilled to welcome Richie Hofmann and @garthgreenwell.bsky.social to Yale for a day of events next Wednesday! A generative workshop, a tea and informal Q&A, and a reading and conversation. More details: yalereview.org/events
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We're thrilled to welcome Richie Hofmann and @garthgreenwell.bsky.social to Yale for a day of events next Wednesday! A generative workshop, a tea and informal Q&A, and a reading and conversation. More details: yalereview.org/events
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Brilliant advice that applies to nonfiction, too, I think.
Thinking about literary “hype,” I shared some practical tips for writers publishing a first book. But the most important advice is this. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Brilliant advice that applies to nonfiction, too, I think.
Thinking about literary “hype,” I shared some practical tips for writers publishing a first book. But the most important advice is this. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Thinking about literary “hype,” I shared some practical tips for writers publishing a first book. But the most important advice is this. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
Ten years ago, I published a debut novel that got much more attention than anybody expected. Some people suspected a plot. I wrote about how that seemed from the inside—& about literary “hype” in general. Plus a few tips for publishing a first book. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
February 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Ten years ago, I published a debut novel that got much more attention than anybody expected. Some people suspected a plot. I wrote about how that seemed from the inside—& about literary “hype” in general. Plus a few tips for publishing a first book. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
When a debut novel gets a lot of attention, is it because a cabal of powerful insiders is pulling the strings? I wrote about “hype”: what it is, where it comes from, who controls it. Also: some tips on publishing a debut. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
When a debut novel gets a lot of attention, is it because a cabal of powerful insiders is pulling the strings? I wrote about “hype”: what it is, where it comes from, who controls it. Also: some tips on publishing a debut. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
Friends in Boston, I’m reading at Boston University on February 4th at 7:30pm. Please come say hi!
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Friends in Boston, I’m reading at Boston University on February 4th at 7:30pm. Please come say hi!
An attempt to describe the beauty of Lisette Oropesa’s voice. Link to full essay below. No paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/absolute-m...
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
An attempt to describe the beauty of Lisette Oropesa’s voice. Link to full essay below. No paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/absolute-m...
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📚 Dans «Petite Pluie» de Garth Greenwell, un patient hospitalisé à l’été 2020, en pleine épidémie de Covid, est traversé par la poésie.
«Petite Pluie» de Garth Greenwell : chambre d’échos
Dans le roman de l’auteur américain, un patient hospitalisé à l’été 2020, en pleine épidémie de Covid, est traversé par la poésie.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:21 PM
📚 Dans «Petite Pluie» de Garth Greenwell, un patient hospitalisé à l’été 2020, en pleine épidémie de Covid, est traversé par la poésie.
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among my favorite writers for critical / emotional responses to art objects...
Can opera still produce historic performances? Watching Lisette Oropesa in I Puritani at the Met is maybe the first time I’ve thought yes. Also: I’m back in NYC for a while. Free post, no paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/absolute-m...
January 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
among my favorite writers for critical / emotional responses to art objects...
Can opera still produce historic performances? Watching Lisette Oropesa in I Puritani at the Met is maybe the first time I’ve thought yes. Also: I’m back in NYC for a while. Free post, no paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/absolute-m...
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Can opera still produce historic performances? Watching Lisette Oropesa in I Puritani at the Met is maybe the first time I’ve thought yes. Also: I’m back in NYC for a while. Free post, no paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/absolute-m...
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Pain Is Not the Opposite of Pleasure: A close reading of Garth Greenwell's "Small Rain." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/pai... @garthgreenwell.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social #booksky
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Pain Is Not the Opposite of Pleasure: A close reading of Garth Greenwell's "Small Rain." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/pai... @garthgreenwell.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social #booksky
Torre del Mar.
January 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Torre del Mar.
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From menopause as modern epic to hot flashes of summer rage, reality’s secret matrix, death poems from Eileen Myles, and @garthgreenwell.bsky.social's Kentucky boyhood—read our favorite pieces of the year now. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/be...
Best of Broadcast 2025 | Broadcast
Our favorite pieces of the year.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
From menopause as modern epic to hot flashes of summer rage, reality’s secret matrix, death poems from Eileen Myles, and @garthgreenwell.bsky.social's Kentucky boyhood—read our favorite pieces of the year now. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/be...
I wrote about my favorites of 2025: 10 books, 4 movies, and songs by Cameron Winter, Lido Pimienta, & Big Thief. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/2025-favor...
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I wrote about my favorites of 2025: 10 books, 4 movies, and songs by Cameron Winter, Lido Pimienta, & Big Thief. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/2025-favor...
I wrote about my favorites of 2025: 10 books, 4 movies, and songs by Cameron Winter, Lido Pimienta, & Big Thief. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/2025-favor...
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wrote about my favorites of 2025: 10 books, 4 movies, and songs by Cameron Winter, Lido Pimienta, & Big Thief. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/2025-favor...
I wrote about the books, movies, and music I loved in 2025.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I wrote about the books, movies, and music I loved in 2025.
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Reading Augustine’s “Confessions” alongside @garthgreenwell.bsky.social & class really lifted my spirits (pun intended)
2025 has been a rough year. What's one piece of art that's brought you absolute joy despite everything?
December 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reading Augustine’s “Confessions” alongside @garthgreenwell.bsky.social & class really lifted my spirits (pun intended)
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“Unable to slap the author until he explains, I can merely construe that he is still talking about the material elaboration of eternal abstractions.”
the best footnote I’ve read in awhile (from Sarah Ruden’s translation of Augustine’s “Confessions”)
(final @garthgreenwell.bsky.social class!)
the best footnote I’ve read in awhile (from Sarah Ruden’s translation of Augustine’s “Confessions”)
(final @garthgreenwell.bsky.social class!)
December 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“Unable to slap the author until he explains, I can merely construe that he is still talking about the material elaboration of eternal abstractions.”
the best footnote I’ve read in awhile (from Sarah Ruden’s translation of Augustine’s “Confessions”)
(final @garthgreenwell.bsky.social class!)
the best footnote I’ve read in awhile (from Sarah Ruden’s translation of Augustine’s “Confessions”)
(final @garthgreenwell.bsky.social class!)
ARCs for ONE MOMENT are in, & they’re beautiful. If you write about poetry for a print or online outlet, I’d love to get one to you. Just write to greenwellassistant@gmail.com with your address & possible venue for the review / interview / etc. I love these poems so much.
December 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
ARCs for ONE MOMENT are in, & they’re beautiful. If you write about poetry for a print or online outlet, I’d love to get one to you. Just write to greenwellassistant@gmail.com with your address & possible venue for the review / interview / etc. I love these poems so much.
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Cannot recommend Garth’s essay enough: it made me want to read the novel, which all good criticism should do…make you curious enough to engage. And then I went and read his work, too!
Very happy to see my essay on Miranda July & how to engage with art that offends us among the most-read prose of 2025 at The Yale Review. yalereview.org/article/gart... @yalereview.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Cannot recommend Garth’s essay enough: it made me want to read the novel, which all good criticism should do…make you curious enough to engage. And then I went and read his work, too!
Very happy to see my essay on Miranda July & how to engage with art that offends us among the most-read prose of 2025 at The Yale Review. yalereview.org/article/gart... @yalereview.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very happy to see my essay on Miranda July & how to engage with art that offends us among the most-read prose of 2025 at The Yale Review. yalereview.org/article/gart... @yalereview.bsky.social
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Great piece by Garth Greenwell on technique! O’Connor also said, “You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.” In Garth’s amazing class on Confessions, we’re seeing how St. Augustine got away with so much, influencing many modern writers.
I wrote about the mystery of “technique” in writing, with help from the amazingly eloquent soprano Lisette Oropesa, who gives the best definition / demonstration of “craft” I’ve ever seen. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/what-even-...
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Great piece by Garth Greenwell on technique! O’Connor also said, “You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.” In Garth’s amazing class on Confessions, we’re seeing how St. Augustine got away with so much, influencing many modern writers.
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My chapbook, coming out next month from CutBank Books, has a cover.
December 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My chapbook, coming out next month from CutBank Books, has a cover.