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. https://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mqpy7fru5224“I think my poetry saved me from abandoning my faith”: Scott Cairns joined Greg Garrett on the Good Trouble podcast to discuss his upcoming book, Against Certainty, and the role of poetry in our troubled times. Check it out: https://greggarrett.substack.com/p/against-certainty16 Jul 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpy7fru5224https://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mqmxgef7dc2rTWO 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: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../register/tBMmiMtpQG62ayRmvH1Z6A14 Jul 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmxgef7dc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mq5m5z5rg22wSLANT 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: https://www.pw.org/content/small_press_points_slant_books08 Jul 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5m5z5rg22whttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mpynflsvsk2aSlant 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.06 Jul 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpynflsvsk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mpr3oipojs2nThe joy of a debut—if you couldn’t join us for the Light in the Canyon launch party, the recording is now available on YouTube! https://youtu.be/r39skZvaT7c?si=rpgJlW433MGZ55E803 Jul 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpr3oipojs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mpjvlpko622fWatch what you wish for!30 Jun 2026 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjvlpko622fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mpjgvi3oqk2fSince 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)....30 Jun 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjgvi3oqk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mph5bxs7ls2k “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: https://northamericanreview.org/open-space/2026/brian-pals/beloved-language-and-language-love-review-john-pochs-future-love29 Jun 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mph5bxs7ls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mp2hix5c6k2nFrom “Against Certainty” by Scott Cairns: new from Slant in August. Pre-order your copy now.24 Jun 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2hix5c6k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3moxxbz5cxc2fCongratulations 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! https://slantbooks.org/books/light-in-the-canyon/23 Jun 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxxbz5cxc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3modykg2gr22b"If you can tinker with the 'no dog poop' sign, that would be worth trying." Actual sentence I just wrote to our Slant Books cover designer. This is why they pay me the big bucks....15 Jun 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3modykg2gr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3modrkfbgq22b"When I can see creation this way, I can stop seeing myself as a grasshopper in the eyes of others. Like them, I, too, am part of creation." Read Richard Chess for today's Close Reading: https://slantbooks.substack.com/p/am-i-a-grasshopper15 Jun 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3modrkfbgq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mo2jybjokk2cSo glad that Graham Greene managed third place in the Association of Catholic Publishers’ book awards. He ought to be encouraged by this.12 Jun 2026 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo2jybjokk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mnsgmivovk2wSuzanne: I asked for a sign from God. Me: Turn around.08 Jun 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsgmivovk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mnkomsqaoc2q“This love sets The Future of Love apart from much of the cheap surrealist verse of our time . . . Poch’s book is a welcome and refreshing work of depth and mystery.” Read Benjamin Myers on John Poch’s new collection for New Verse Review: https://newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-of-the-future-of-love-by05 Jun 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkomsqaoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mni3hotrss27If you missed our reading and discussion with Robert Cording on “What’s Possible,”  it is now available as an episode of SlantCast on Spotify! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kgzo9IbiQQvClxpIR43X9?si=89f70ba3e85449de04 Jun 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mni3hotrss27https://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mncyj6rn4s2f"Love is necessary, the Book demands, / even when it is a splinter of glass / lodged in the heart." Now available: read an excerpt from Robert Cording's new book, What's Possible, on our website. https://slantbooks.org/news/read-an-excerpt-from-whats-possible/02 Jun 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mncyj6rn4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mnalmcg4ss2i"Through Nathan, God declares that the distance David imagines between himself and the rich man has collapsed completely: the evildoer is himself." Read William Cain on the Hebrew Bible for Close Reading: https://slantbooks.substack.com/p/close-reading-king-david-and-the01 Jun 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnalmcg4ss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mmz3rkcsec26To celebrate the launch of Luigi Giussani's Time and the Temple, translator Sofia Carozza and writer @lukeburgis joined SlantCast for a rich discussion. Tune in for reflections on the communal origins of the translation, the meaning of "vocation," and Luke's new book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdrYlgVB-GI29 May 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmz3rkcsec26https://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mmps3x4qqs2lI know it's late on a holiday weekend but I wanted to post this right away. My small contribution to remembering the beloved Warren Farha, whose funeral is tomorrow evening in Wichita: https://open.substack.com/pub/slantbooks/p/abba-warren-give-us-a-word?r=192jc5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web26 May 2026 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmps3x4qqs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mmhrkbsf3s2iSAVE 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: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lEBT0_H-RuGwC9NBOvJsRw22 May 2026 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhrkbsf3s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mmet6hhwcs2uI 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.21 May 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmet6hhwcs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mmchlckq2c2u"For me, holding our hearts open is a way of moving past the dichotomies we often think in." Read Brandi Willis Schreiber's stunning interview with Robert Cording about "What's Possible: New and Selected Poems" on Substack: https://brandiwillisschreiber.substack.com/p/whats-possible20 May 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmchlckq2c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mm7vb5yhbk2uSlant at Barnes and Noble! Thanks to the reader who snapped this shot of Howard Schaap's new book in Sioux Falls, SD.19 May 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7vb5yhbk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mm5icxq2r22z"Cording & his wife have come, now, to a kind of closure: they don’t need to ask, 'Where are you?'—because they know now where he is: 'inside us.' & from within them, he shows them how to 'look around.'" Read Peggy Rosenthal on Robert Cording's New & Selected https://slantbooks.substack.com/p/robert-cordings-poetry-of-grief18 May 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5icxq2r22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mm3fw7wo3c26I 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.17 May 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3fw7wo3c26https://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mlwaxkvqxs23In case you missed it: Our reading and conversation with Robert Cording for this week's release, What's Possible, is available now on YouTube and Spotify! youtu.be/x3iJWA96Vck https://youtu.be/x3iJWA96Vck15 May 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwaxkvqxs23https://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mlmcywxvys2o"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: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/GJP-Tgt8TFOotVQxhRX_DQ#/registration11 May 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmcywxvys2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gregorywolfe.bsky.social/post/3mllpou2yds2o"'Ia Orana Maria' still retains a boundary, an edge, but outer reality has become part of the inside reality when the edge, the outside, is part of the inside." Read George Dardess on Paul Gauguin for today's Close Reading: https://slantbooks.substack.com/p/puzzling-with-paul-gauguin11 May 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:xfprebd6ugg4c5znuendit47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllpou2yds2o