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Slant is an independent, non-profit, literary press, founded & edited by Gregory Wolfe, publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, philosophy, & beyond.

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"Against the weight of death itself, life flies upwards in the fall": Read Peggy Rosenthal on Richard Wilbur for today's Close Reading.

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SAVE THE DATE: Join us on December 8 to celebrate the launch of Chris Forhan's new collection, The Ghost Won't Go.

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"I throw myself into an area that I know nothing about and maybe have no business writing about": The Smith Creative Writers Reading Series interviewed Molly McNett on the inspiration, challenges, and process behind Child of These Tears.
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ONE WEEK AWAY: Register now to join us for the live launch of Gilbert Allen's The Beauties of Belladonna! https://t.co/2vpfDMk1Us

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Tune into this episode of Trent Loos in the Morning to hear Howard Schaap discuss his Slant memoir, Brooding Upon the Waters! https://t.co/r0Z3JqO1pi

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"It is the summer of 1989...when every evening the Ohio sky blazes with hundreds of meteors burning high in the atmosphere."

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Coming soon from Slant! Pre-order Gilbert Allen's The Beauties of Belladonna now: https://t.co/oIp9vwsZa8

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The November batch of Early Reviewers is now live! Head over to LibraryThing to enter to win one of 4,774 copies of 400 titles. This month we've got exciting titles from @AlcovePress, @HenryHolt, @RestlessBooks, @SimonBooks, @SlantBooks, & more!

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"A poetic memoir steeped in a rich sense of time and place": Read Gloria Heffernan's review of Paul Mariani's new collection in @Fare_Fwd. https://t.co/21WOIbLg7E

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The unlikely events of Light in the Canyon happen in November . . . peak vibes are now!

Holiday shopping? Remember the teens and young at heart on your list . . . in this time of too many screens, maybe they need a real, dogear-able, under-linable book.

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Is Hollywood opposed to religion in art? Scott Teems weighs in on our recent film and TV episode of SlantCast:

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TWO WEEKS AWAY: Register now to join us for the release of Gilbert Allen's The Beauties of Belladonna: stories from the New South that are "seductive and, well, hazardous." https://t.co/2vpfDMk1Us

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"Metaphor moves." Read Richard Chess on moving and Emily Dickinson for today's Close Reading:

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It’s not too late to take a look at our roundup of new books launched this month! Featuring @SlantBooks, @catalyst_press, @NewVesselPress, @CodhillPress, @masonjarpress, @GreenLinden1, @DeepVellum, and more: https://t.co/uEdf1dxlfX

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Chris Forhan is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and three Pushcart Prizes. He lives in Indianapolis, where he teaches at Butler University. His fourth poetry collection, The Ghost Won't Go, is forthcoming from Slant in December.

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On this week’s Literary Conversations episode of SlantCast, distinguished screenwriters Scott Teems and Bradford Winters joined Gregory Wolfe to discuss the relationship between literature and the world of film and television. Watch and listen at links below!

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