Gregory Wolfe

Publisher & editor of @SlantBooks. Founder of IMAGE journal & the SPU MFA in Creative Writing. Author of Beauty Will Save the World, The Operation of Grace, etc

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My last tweet had the phrase "At the risk of sounding pompous" in it. Could you all just please assume that phrase before reading all my future tweets? Thx.

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"Each close reading is part of the ongoing story we tell about ourselves: it reveals who we are, what we believe, what we care about.” Read William Cain on Rupert Brooke’s “Mutability” and the art of close reading in community:

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@BretVDB William Empson...the original neckbeard....

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Coming soon from Slant: an American road trip like none you’ve seen before.

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@FrParrish @KatiePMcGrady "the motto of the Catholic [Church] should be: 'We guarantee to corrupt nothing but your taste.'" -- Flannery O'Connor

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“This may be Mariani’s best volume of poetry.” Congratulations to Paul Mariani on the publication of his tenth poetry collection, available today from Slant Books. Read the review from Micah Mattix for WORLD:

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God favors smallness, a sign of his discreet love, by which he leaves us free to accept or reject him. His love makes its presence felt even among the weeds, acts in a hidden and invisible way like the smallest of all seeds, and leavens the dough without making a sound. #GospelOfToday (Mt 13:24–43)

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ONE WEEK AWAY: Join us next Tuesday for the launch event for Sing Me a Song, She Said! Register here: https://t.co/Gtsgp4FEbs

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@ulrichlehner @IncredPapist_ Or maybe start with John 15:15...?

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No, I haven’t seen it yet. And if I do, I’m thinking of sparing you my take on it. You’re welcome.

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“We human beings are not magnificent all by ourselves, the way some of us are all too tempted to assume. Nor are we the monsters that others of us have come to believe. . . . we are all already ‘magnifica’ by virtue of our creation.” Read George Dardess on Pope Leo:

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@matthewschmitz I think you mean "pre-Catholic"....

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A poem from Paul Mariani’s “Sing Me a Song, She Said,” new from Slant this month. Pre-order now! https://t.co/tykNstbwRR

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Someone on Puget Sound, my favorite place on earth, who I’ve never met, is reading. . . (image from a friend).

What a powerful feeling, seeing things like this.

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“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://t.co/hPwfB5Zwe2

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Happening Friday! RSVP:
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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: https://t.co/Gtsgp4FEbs

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Today @ashlandmfa Summer Residency 2026 kicked off in earnest, and we spent the day with Ohio's Inaugural Poet Laureate, Amit Majmudar, concluding with his reading from *Twin A: A Memoir* (@SlantBooks)--a beautiful book that I highly recommend. https://t.co/66wTClx5oL

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Michigan friends, take note:

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“While the hands work at gestures lovingly practiced over the course of years, I also see Nagata’s mind fixed on the object of devotion.” Read Jack Bouchard on being surprised by Catholic art for today’s Close Reading:

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@WhitStillman @DenofGeekUS Definitely too low.