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.
Terrible photo, i know, but that's a breaching humpback whale. I wondered why the ferry slowed down....
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Terrible photo, i know, but that's a breaching humpback whale. I wondered why the ferry slowed down....
Definitive proof that some people -- at least occasionally -- laugh WITH me rather than, you know, the alternative....
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Definitive proof that some people -- at least occasionally -- laugh WITH me rather than, you know, the alternative....
I called her my fairy godmother. She helped me get started as a publisher and an editor. RIP, dearest Luci Shaw, & sincere condolences to John Hoyte and the whole family. Memory eternal!
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I called her my fairy godmother. She helped me get started as a publisher and an editor. RIP, dearest Luci Shaw, & sincere condolences to John Hoyte and the whole family. Memory eternal!
Congratulations, Howard Schaap, on publication day of your debut memoir, Brooding Upon the Waters. You can still register for tonight's live book launch: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Congratulations, Howard Schaap, on publication day of your debut memoir, Brooding Upon the Waters. You can still register for tonight's live book launch: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
TOMORROW NIGHT! It's not too late to register! Don't miss the launch event for Howard Schaap's Brooding Upon the Waters tomorrow at 8pm EST. Registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
TOMORROW NIGHT! It's not too late to register! Don't miss the launch event for Howard Schaap's Brooding Upon the Waters tomorrow at 8pm EST. Registration required: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
I am happy to post an antidote to all that Black Friday represents. Coming in February, 2026 from Slant Books.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am happy to post an antidote to all that Black Friday represents. Coming in February, 2026 from Slant Books.
Awaiting the Great Convergence.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Awaiting the Great Convergence.
From Howard Schaap's memoir of his father's crippling mental illness—and unforgettable love. Next week from Slant Books. slantbooks.org/books/broodi...
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
From Howard Schaap's memoir of his father's crippling mental illness—and unforgettable love. Next week from Slant Books. slantbooks.org/books/broodi...
What does it mean to commit to an imperfect place? How can our fathers (& grandfathers) influence our understanding of God? Listen to Howard Schaap’s wide-ranging conversation w/ Gayle Doornbos, about his memoir Brooding Upon the Waters—coming from Slant Bks on 12/2. open.spotify.com/episode/2Jlp...
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What does it mean to commit to an imperfect place? How can our fathers (& grandfathers) influence our understanding of God? Listen to Howard Schaap’s wide-ranging conversation w/ Gayle Doornbos, about his memoir Brooding Upon the Waters—coming from Slant Bks on 12/2. open.spotify.com/episode/2Jlp...
Don't miss Howard Schaap's debut memoir of a father and a culture in crisis, new from Slant on December 2. slantbooks.org/books/brooding-upon-the-waters/
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Don't miss Howard Schaap's debut memoir of a father and a culture in crisis, new from Slant on December 2. slantbooks.org/books/brooding-upon-the-waters/
"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...