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Gregory Wolfe, the founder and editor of the quarterly journal Image, has launched a new literary imprint with Wipf and Stock Publishers called Slant. According to Wolfe, the focus of Slant will be fiction “that explores the mysteries of the human heart, fiction that understands that the truth of the human condition can only be approached indirectly, through metaphor and character.” He continues:

“The novels published under this imprint will be marked by the kind of meticulous craft and love for language that are harder and harder to come by in our age of instant publishing and literary gimmickry. These are books that will lodge themselves in readers’ lives.”

Five new fiction titles are slated for release this fall and next year, but Slant will not be reviewing or selecting any unsolicited manuscripts at this time. For more information and to sign up for the Slant newsletter, please visit www.slantbooks.com

"The truth is, I don’t know you. I imagine you. I don’t know you, but I fear you, the story I tell myself of who you are...
15/09/2025

"The truth is, I don’t know you. I imagine you. I don’t know you, but I fear you, the story I tell myself of who you are." Richard Chess invites the reader into his Elul practice for today's Close Reading. Link below.

"The poems in this collection seem to struggle toward description because, even if we catch only a brief and mediated gl...
15/09/2025

"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."

Review by Benjamin Myers

“Virginity is on trial here, and virginity’s crime is…?” Read George Dardess on Jia Tolentino for today’s Close Reading ...
11/09/2025

“Virginity is on trial here, and virginity’s crime is…?” Read George Dardess on Jia Tolentino for today’s Close Reading blog. Link below.

Don't miss this "topsy-turvy, loop-de-loop joyride of an appreciation"—out now. Link in comment.
09/09/2025

Don't miss this "topsy-turvy, loop-de-loop joyride of an appreciation"—out now. Link in comment.

SAVE THE DATE: Molly McNett's Child of These Tears launches September 30! Registration link in comment. (Registration is...
08/09/2025

SAVE THE DATE: Molly McNett's Child of These Tears launches September 30! Registration link in comment. (Registration is required.)

COVER REVEAL: We cannot tell you how excited we are to be publishing this beautiful gut-punch of a memoir by Howard Scha...
06/09/2025

COVER REVEAL: We cannot tell you how excited we are to be publishing this beautiful gut-punch of a memoir by Howard Schaap. Coming in December from Slant.

"Might 'it' refer to our imagination, to what has happened within our mind as we’ve entered into the world of the poem? ...
04/09/2025

"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. Link below.

From Morgan Meis's preface to The Grand Valley. Read the full excerpt on Slant's website (link below).
03/09/2025

From Morgan Meis's preface to The Grand Valley. Read the full excerpt on Slant's website (link below).

PERFECT HOLIDAY WEEKEND IDEA: Relax with a cool drink and take in Morgan's Meis's brilliant, far-reaching mind as he tal...
29/08/2025

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.

SlantCast host Gregory Wolfe is joined by Morgan Meis for the book launch of "The Grand Valley," recently published by Slant Books.

"Do you want a work of art really to matter to you? Do you think that’s going to be easy? Do you want everything to be e...
28/08/2025

"Do you want a work of art really to matter to you? Do you think that’s going to be easy? Do you want everything to be easy? Don’t you want to be faced with a work of art and feel, perhaps, even a little bit scared? Would that be so bad? Might it, maybe, have the potential of being very, very good?"

Don't miss this wide-ranging Q&A with Morgan Meis, today on Substack. Link below.

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26/08/2025

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26/08/2025

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For Women in Translation Month, observed annually during the month of August, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature they have published that is both written and translated by women. (Stay tuned for our Nationa...

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Gregory Wolfe, the founder of the quarterly journal Image, has launched a new literary imprint with Wipf and Stock Publishers called Slant. According to Wolfe, the focus of Slant will be fiction “that explores the mysteries of the human heart, fiction that understands that the truth of the human condition can only be approached indirectly, through metaphor and character.” He continues: “The novels published under this imprint will be marked by the kind of meticulous craft and love for language that are harder and harder to come by in our age of instant publishing and literary gimmickry. These are books that will lodge themselves in readers’ lives.” For more information and to sign up for the Slant newsletter, please visit www.slantbooks.com