Gregory Wolfe
@gregorywolfe.bsky.social
Publisher & editor of Slant Books. Founder of IMAGE journal & the SPU MFA in Creative Writing. Author of Beauty Will Save the World, The Operation of Grace, etc.
"Pessoa’s writing can be read as a kind of lived cosmology." Morgan Meis on a Modernist who may have more traditional than previously thought. Today at Slant's Close Reading blog. slantbooks.substack.com/p/the-mouth-...
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Pessoa’s writing can be read as a kind of lived cosmology." Morgan Meis on a Modernist who may have more traditional than previously thought. Today at Slant's Close Reading blog. slantbooks.substack.com/p/the-mouth-...
"Haven requires the particularity of relationships to provide perspective, color, and value, by which his poetic vision is completed." Read Brad Crenshaw's thoughtful review of Stephen Haven's The Flight From Meaning for North American Review. northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Haven requires the particularity of relationships to provide perspective, color, and value, by which his poetic vision is completed." Read Brad Crenshaw's thoughtful review of Stephen Haven's The Flight From Meaning for North American Review. northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...
"Each of Fincke’s poems tells an immersive story in which readers are invited to accompany characters through moments of great love, loss and longing." Great review of "For Now, We Have Been Spared" in America magazine. www.americamagazine.org/poetry/2025/...
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Each of Fincke’s poems tells an immersive story in which readers are invited to accompany characters through moments of great love, loss and longing." Great review of "For Now, We Have Been Spared" in America magazine. www.americamagazine.org/poetry/2025/...
TOMORROW! You're invited to the launch event for Bonnie Naradzay's debut poetry collection, Invited to the Feast. Registration required Link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
TOMORROW! You're invited to the launch event for Bonnie Naradzay's debut poetry collection, Invited to the Feast. Registration required Link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ONE WEEK AWAY! A debut collection of poems that "burn with a radical empathy." Join us for the launch of Bonnie Naradzay's Invited to the Feast on Tuesday, October 28. Registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
ONE WEEK AWAY! A debut collection of poems that "burn with a radical empathy." Join us for the launch of Bonnie Naradzay's Invited to the Feast on Tuesday, October 28. Registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
From Bonnie Naradzay's masterful debut collection, Invited to the Feast. Available for pre-order now. Out 10/28. slantbooks.org/books/invite...
October 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
From Bonnie Naradzay's masterful debut collection, Invited to the Feast. Available for pre-order now. Out 10/28. slantbooks.org/books/invite...
Praise for Slant's next release, Invited to the Feast—out October 28. slantbooks.org/books/invite...
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Praise for Slant's next release, Invited to the Feast—out October 28. slantbooks.org/books/invite...
I'm a little heartbroken that we lost Baron Wormser before publication day (1/13/26) but he was able to go through the proofs and expressed "delight" with the cover. A huge honor that he was so passionate about wanting to be published by
Slant Books. slantbooks.org/books/james-...
Slant Books. slantbooks.org/books/james-...
October 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm a little heartbroken that we lost Baron Wormser before publication day (1/13/26) but he was able to go through the proofs and expressed "delight" with the cover. A huge honor that he was so passionate about wanting to be published by
Slant Books. slantbooks.org/books/james-...
Slant Books. slantbooks.org/books/james-...
Don’t miss the new release that Rowan Williams called “One of the best novels I’ve read in the past couple of years.” Child of These Tears is available now! slantbooks.org/books/child-...
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Don’t miss the new release that Rowan Williams called “One of the best novels I’ve read in the past couple of years.” Child of These Tears is available now! slantbooks.org/books/child-...
The other source of color (or off-color) in my life.
October 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The other source of color (or off-color) in my life.
CONGRATULATIONS to Molly McNett on the publication day for her beautiful, harrowing, transformative novel. slantbooks.org/books/child-...
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
CONGRATULATIONS to Molly McNett on the publication day for her beautiful, harrowing, transformative novel. slantbooks.org/books/child-...
ONE WEEK AWAY: Molly McNett’s new, polyphonic novel that Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Harding calls “as artful as it is unnerving, as beautiful as it is strange.” Join Slant and author Molly McNett for our live launch event on September 30. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
ONE WEEK AWAY: Molly McNett’s new, polyphonic novel that Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Harding calls “as artful as it is unnerving, as beautiful as it is strange.” Join Slant and author Molly McNett for our live launch event on September 30. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I mean, I'm a Seahawks fan but do they think they can just drop in at any time?
September 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I mean, I'm a Seahawks fan but do they think they can just drop in at any time?
93 years young. Happy Birthday, Mom!
September 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
93 years young. Happy Birthday, Mom!
“Virginity is on trial here, and virginity’s crime is…?” Read George Dardess on Jia Tolentino for today’s Close Reading blog. slantbooks.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...
September 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“Virginity is on trial here, and virginity’s crime is…?” Read George Dardess on Jia Tolentino for today’s Close Reading blog. slantbooks.substack.com/p/how-i-beca...
BTW, from the coverage of last night's game. We are about 5 rows up. You can see me pretty clearly on the right in a blue J-Rod Squad t-shirt. Meanwhile, Julio himself makes a great catch.
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
BTW, from the coverage of last night's game. We are about 5 rows up. You can see me pretty clearly on the right in a blue J-Rod Squad t-shirt. Meanwhile, Julio himself makes a great catch.
SAVE THE DATE: Molly McNett's Child of These Tears launches September 30! Registration is required. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
SAVE THE DATE: Molly McNett's Child of These Tears launches September 30! Registration is required. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
COVER REVEAL: I cannot tell you how excited I am to be publishing this beautiful gut-punch of a memoir by Howard Schaap. Coming in December from Slant.
September 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
COVER REVEAL: I cannot tell you how excited I am to be publishing this beautiful gut-punch of a memoir by Howard Schaap. Coming in December from Slant.
"Might 'it' refer to our imagination, to what has happened within our mind as we’ve entered into the world of the poem? Life surviving, burgeoning, expanding amid forces of furious annihilation?" Read Peggy Rosenthal on Marianne Moore for today's Close Reading blog. slantbooks.org/close-readin...
September 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"Might 'it' refer to our imagination, to what has happened within our mind as we’ve entered into the world of the poem? Life surviving, burgeoning, expanding amid forces of furious annihilation?" Read Peggy Rosenthal on Marianne Moore for today's Close Reading blog. slantbooks.org/close-readin...
From Morgan Meis's preface to The Grand Valley. Read the full excerpt on Slant's website: slantbooks.org/news/read-an...
September 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
From Morgan Meis's preface to The Grand Valley. Read the full excerpt on Slant's website: slantbooks.org/news/read-an...
An amazing launch event last night with a reading from author Morgan Meis! The Grand Valley is available now. slantbooks.org/books/the-grand-valley/
August 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
An amazing launch event last night with a reading from author Morgan Meis! The Grand Valley is available now. slantbooks.org/books/the-grand-valley/
TONIGHT! Be there or be square. Register now for the live book launch of Morgan Meis's "The Grand Valley." Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
TONIGHT! Be there or be square. Register now for the live book launch of Morgan Meis's "The Grand Valley." Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
TOMORROW! Join us for the live book launch event for the brilliant and funny Morgan Meis's "The Grand Valley," the concluding volume in his Three Paintings Trilogy. REGISTER here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
TOMORROW! Join us for the live book launch event for the brilliant and funny Morgan Meis's "The Grand Valley," the concluding volume in his Three Paintings Trilogy. REGISTER here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Coming soon from Slant Books to break your hearts (in the best possible way).
August 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Coming soon from Slant Books to break your hearts (in the best possible way).
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Do you not wish to be enthralled by amazing insights into art, history, and the mysteries of the universe?? Register now. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! Do you not wish to be enthralled by amazing insights into art, history, and the mysteries of the universe?? Register now. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...