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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 9h

“These are poems of deep wisdom and hard-won spiritual heft masquerading as the rumblings of a fool (in the highest Shakespearean sense).” Read Mischa Willett's review of Scott Cairns's Against Certainty for Fare Forward: 👇

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

COVER REVEAL: A reckoning with the violent catastrophes of twentieth-century European Jewish history, a harrowing account of mental illness & addiction, and a mystical grappling with God, Invocation is a literary debut that is at once anguished & exquisitely wrought. slantbooks.org/books/invoca...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to my visit with the Hypatia Scholars at Notre Dame.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sam Ligon's novel "Miller Cane" began as a serial in a local paper: yep, just like Dickens. Read more about it in this Q&A about a novel that's been called "an absurdist romp, a comic neo-Western odyssey of rescue and redemption. slantbooks.substack.com/p/early-on-i...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Rest in plenitude, Annie Dillard. You meant so much to me. And you gave me my one great literary anecdote, as recounted here: imagejournal.org/article/anni...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"Jesuits, Mohawks and Puritans meet in Molly McNett’s historical fiction": read a new feature in America Magazine about Child of These Tears. And if you haven't read the novel yet, please do a kindness to yourself and pick up a copy. www.americamagazine.org/ideas/2026/0...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“What is the role of the poet in this age?” Read Michael Simms’s powerful interview with Robert Cording for Vox Populi: voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/m...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

COVER REVEAL! It is the summer of 1989—but not the summer you remember. Read more about Kevin Prufer’s new novel, The Summer of Shooting Stars, forthcoming from Slant in January 2027: slantbooks.org/books/the-su...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Less than two weeks away! Register on Eventbrite to join us in Boston with Scott Cairns: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

True story. While still in college, this New York City boy subscribed to New Farmer magazine just so I could read Wendell Berry's column there. Memory eternal.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

COMING SOON! Check out one of the late Nance Van Winckel’s striking collages that accompany a new, satirical road novel from Samuel Ligon: Miller Cane, forthcoming from Slant this month. Pre-order now: slantbooks.org/books/miller...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Morgan Meis on composer Erik Satie's pursuit of "something simple, true, reliable, absolute." Today at Slant's Close Reading Substack. slantbooks.substack.com/p/erik-satie...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Susan Miller is the author of Communion of Saints.She is Art Editor of Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry, and teaches creative writing at Rutgers University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family. slantbooks.org/authors/susa...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you don't subscribe to Slant's e-newsletter, you're missing out: all the latest about our new & forthcoming titles, Slant in the news, links to our Substack blog, sweet headnote reflections from Emily Starr Kwilinski -- all in one convenient place. Subscribe: slantbooks.org/subscribe/

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“It’s interesting that this initial poem on prayer begins by questioning prayer’s 'efficacy'—that all Cairns expects from saying God’s name is a 'sweet balm.'” Read Peggy Rosenthal on Scott Cairns’s new collection for today’s Close Reading: slantbooks.substack.com/p/the-puzzle...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

SAVE THE DATE (and register now) for the live online book launch for Sam Ligon's wild and wacky (and ultimately redemptive) road novel, Miller Cane. Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In his Booknotes piece written after being on Slant's podcast, Hearts & Minds' Byron Borger says: "Slant is a small but important independent publisher of serious literature, poetry, and some theology & philosophy." He also says we are "pretty darn cool." www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/2026/08/a-tr...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“I suppose that my poetry has become my way to wrestle with that invisible and mostly unknowable God.” Read our Q&A with Scott Cairns for today’s Close Reading: slantbooks.org/close-readin...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We had a sweet live book launch last night. Will post the audio/video soon. Meanwhile, from Scott Cairns’s Against Certainty, new this week from Slant Books. Check out our website for an excerpt: slantbooks.org/news/read-an...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Congratulations to Mr. Scott Cairns on the publication of his latest collection, now available from Slant. ἄξιος!!!!

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Congratulations to Bonnie Naradzay and Molly McNett, both third-place winners in the Catholic Media Association Book Awards!

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

“How can I tell you what I heard, my friend? / With words. Yes. But these were more than words.” Read an excerpt from Paul Mariani’s new collection Sing Me a Song, She Said, available now on Slant’s website: slantbooks.org/news/read-an...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“It was a hot Thursday evening in New York, and I did not have a book.” Caroline Langston experiences a happy ending to every reader’s worst-case scenario in today’s Close Reading: slantbooks.substack.com/p/the-elemen...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

BOSTON-AREA PEEPS! On September 15, in Cambridge, MA, Slant will host “An Evening of Poetry with Scott Cairns.” I'll be there, too! The event will include a musical prelude, reading, book signing, and dessert reception—we hope to see you there! Registration link: www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

TWO WEEKS AWAY: Join us at the live launch event for Paul Mariani’s Sing Me a Song, She Said on Tuesday, July 28! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

SLANT IN POETS & WRITERS! Slant was thrilled to be featured in the latest edition of Small Press Points, a corner of the famed magazine dedicated to up-and-coming literary presses. Check it out here or in your print copy: www.pw.org/content/smal...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Slant Books: Doing our literary dooty since 2013. Oh, and Gil Allen's hilarious short stories are coming this Fall. Be sure to pick them up after you read them.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Since we have it on the highest authority that the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" is 42, then I suppose our 42nd wedding anniversary ought to be the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Why Suzanne Married Me (other than temporary insanity)....

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

“I expect interiority in a portrait. But I’m not sure how much there is in this one.” Read William E. Cain on Paul Cézanne for today’s Close Reading: northamericanreview.org/open-space/2...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

From “Against Certainty” by Scott Cairns: new from Slant in August. Pre-order your copy now.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to Darren Cools -- it is publication day for his debut novel! And you know I consider an author's debut to be the eighth sacrament. Seriously, stop your scrolling and consider how big a deal this is! You know what to do! slantbooks.org/books/light-...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

So glad that Graham Greene managed third place in the Association of Catholic Publishers’ book awards. He ought to be encouraged by this.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Suzanne: I asked for a sign from God. Me: Turn around.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

SAVE THE DATES! Slant's online book launch for Darren Cools' new YA novel, Light in the Canyon, will take place on June 23rd. AND if you're in the Ypsilanti area, come meet Darren at The Corner Brewery on June 25th! Register for Zoom launch here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I am utterly heartbroken that my dear friend and comrade-in-books Warren Farha has passed from this life. To me he was like a brother, a twin. His bear hugs nearly cracked my ribs. I called him Abba Warren. Here he is at the Glen Workshop in 2007 with his Christian humanist traveling road show.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Slant at Barnes and Noble! Thanks to the reader who snapped this shot of Howard Schaap's new book in Sioux Falls, SD.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I called her my fairy godmother. She helped me get my start in publishing. Yesterday at the memorial service for poet Luci Shaw her life was celebrated. Suzanne and I were able to attend and were moved beyond words. Memory eternal.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

"What’s Possible: New and Selected Poems makes clear what many have long known: that Robert Cording is among his generation’s finest poets, and that his work has been both deeply consistent and yet constantly evolving." Join us for tomorrow's launch at the Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

NEXT WEEK! Register now for the launch event for Robert Cording's new and selected poetry collection, What's Possible: [8:44 AM]Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

TFW your front door becomes someone else's home...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

“There is evidence everywhere that things don’t decline, they just change.” Tune into today’s episode of SlantCast with@joeljmiller, author of The Idea Machine, for a discussion of the art of the book review, cultivating kindness, and old books vs. new. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9ye...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

TWO WEEKS AWAY: Join us for the launch event for Robert Cording's What's Possible: New and Selected Poems! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

If you are the Calvin Festival of Faith & Writing, please stop by the Slant Books booth and say hello to our managing editor, Emily Starr Kwilinski! Oh, and buy a book or three!

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Giveaway begins today! One lucky reader will be selected at random before launch day (April 14, 2026) to receive a FREE SIGNED copy of Tom Howard's new short story collection, Invisibilia: a mesmerizing ride through a haunting, haunted landscape. Entry link: forms.gle/njcrZQWC3CAi...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The Benedictines are not only hospitable but also generous, as you can see from this beautiful plaque they gave me after my keynote speech (with Pope St. John Paul II blessing the whole shebang)!

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Those Benedictines sure understand hospitality. Feeling very welcomed here at Benedictine College.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

7:30 PM TOMORROW, Friday, March 20! Don't miss Slant publisher Gregory Wolfe's keynote address at Benedictine College's Symposium on Transforming Culture—"The Church of What’s Happenin’ Now: Art, Beauty, and the Need to 'Make It New.'"

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

SAVE THE DATE: Join us for the live launch event for Tom Howard's new short story collection, Invisibilia, on April 14. Howard takes the reader on a mesmerizing ride through a haunting, haunted landscape of drifters, soldiers, lovers, and ghosts. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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