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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 1d

"The key to hacking your way through the current thicket of literary noise ... is the same as the cultivation of other kinds of wisdom: paying attention to the disciplines of truthful friends, the embodied motions of prayer, the humility of the unexpected." slantbooks.substack.com/p/a-way-thro...

A Way Through the Literary Forest

How does one discern what’s actually worthwhile?

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 4d

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...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 5d

“Oh yes, that’s the road map, that’s what life is, it’s all about eternal recurrence, that’s something everybody should be thinking about.” William Cain on discussing Nietzsche with his Uber drivers for today's Close Reading: slantbooks.substack.com/p/nietzsche-...

Nietzsche in the Car

Close reading with my Uber drivers

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 7d

"You will find Child of These Tears gripping, stirring, and ... 'most delightful.'” John Tuttle reviews Molly McNett's historical novel, now available from Slant or wherever books are sold. catholicinsight.com/2025/10/14/t...

The Beauty and Unity of Child of These Tears - Catholic Insight

Child of These Tears by Molly McNett Slant Books, October 1st, 2025 For an excerpt, see the Slant webpage here Being human is being peculiar to all of creation. We have a body that tends toward the wa...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 8d

From Bonnie Naradzay's masterful debut collection, Invited to the Feast. Available for pre-order now. Out 10/28. slantbooks.org/books/invite...

Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 9d

"Maybe this is why Halevi calls upon the Lord to heal him. He sees that his own medicine doesn’t work." Read Richard Chess on "The Poetry Cure" for today's Close Reading. slantbooks.substack.com/p/the-poetry...

The Poetry Cure

Relax and let the medicine work.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 10d

Praise for Slant's next release, Invited to the Feast—out October 28. slantbooks.org/books/invite...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 16d

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-...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 17d

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-...

Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 19d

"I wanted it to be shamelessly intellectual at times and shamelessly crude at others." George Dardess on Morgan Meis's trilogy of books, now complete with the publication of "The Grand Valley." Today at Slant's Close Reading blog. slantbooks.substack.com/p/working-on...

Working on a Style

“I wanted to create a style that would unfold in spirals rather than in lines.”

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 23d

“This is what I love about historical pieces—trying to find a voice.” Read Slant's wide-ranging Q&A with Molly McNett, author of new historical novel Child of These Tears, for today's Close Reading blog post. slantbooks.substack.com/p/captivity-...

Captivity Narrative: Q&A with Molly McNett

“This is what I love about historical pieces—trying to find a voice.”

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 24d

The other source of color (or off-color) in my life.

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · 25d

CONGRATULATIONS to Molly McNett on the publication day for her beautiful, harrowing, transformative novel. slantbooks.org/books/child-...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 23

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...

Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 22

I mean, I'm a Seahawks fan but do they think they can just drop in at any time?

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 17

93 years young. Happy Birthday, Mom!

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 15

"The poems in this collection seem to struggle toward description because, even if we catch only a brief and mediated glimpse, what we see in those moments matters." newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-o...

A Review of Vanishments by Eric Pankey

Review by Benjamin Myers

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 11

“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...

Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 10

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.

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Darren Cools @darrencools.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm several hours into a new phase of editing on my #youngadult #novel, Light in the Canyon, guided by the shrewd insight of @gregorywolfe.bsky.social. I'm beyond thrilled to be under contract with @slantbooks.bsky.social. I can't wait to get my book into your hands.

#ya #booksky #amwritingfiction

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 8

SAVE THE DATE: Molly McNett's Child of These Tears launches September 30! Registration is required. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 6

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.

Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 4

"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...

Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Sep 3

From Morgan Meis's preface to The Grand Valley. Read the full excerpt on Slant's website: slantbooks.org/news/read-an...

Gregory Wolfe @gregorywolfe.bsky.social · Aug 29

PERFECT HOLIDAY WEEKEND IDEA: Relax with a cool drink and take in Morgan's Meis's brilliant, far-reaching mind as he talks about so many rich, intriguing topics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8_6...

SLANTCAST Episode #32: Book Launch for "The Grand Valley"

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