TRYING: forthcoming 8/5/2025 from Graywolf

“A great gutting swirl of grief and freedom and vitality.”
—Leslie Jamison, author of Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story

Pre-order Trying from A Room of One’s Own, Bookshop, Greenlight, Barnes and Noble, Books Are Magic, or wherever you like getting books <3
Order Women from Bookshop, A Room of One’s Own, Barnes & Noble, Green Apple Books, or wherever you like getting books <3

Upcoming Events 2025

June 3rd, 2025
Taylor & Co Books
w/ Samantha Mann & Mia Arias Tsang
Brooklyn, NY

June 14th 2025
Kinderhook Bookstore
In conversation w/ LA Warman
Kinderhook, NY

August 5th, 2025
P&T Knitwear
Trying Book Launch
In conversation w/ Leslie Jamison
NYC

August 11th, 2025
Bishop & Wilde Books & Records
In conversation w/ Genevieve Hudson
Portland, Ore.

August 13th, 2025
Green Apple Books On The Park
In conversation w/ Ariel Gore
San Francisco, CA

August 15th, 2025
Stories Books & Cafe
In conversation w/ Michelle Tea
Los Angeles, CA

August 19th, 2025
Petals & Pages Queer Feminist Bookstore
w/ Mia Arias Tsang
Denver, CO

August 26th, 2025
Riffraff Bookstore & Bar
In conversation w/ LA Warman
Providence, RI

August 31st, 2025
Spencertown Festival of Books
In conversation w/ Jen Beagin
Spencertown, NY

September 25th, 2025
Graywolf Literary Salon Fundraiser
Glass House
Minneapolis, MN

“I cracked Trying (marvelous) open while waiting for my Keurig to brew and then stood there forgetting my Keurig, continuing to read, delighted. I thought, ‘Oh my god, we still have proper writers.’ Chloé Caldwell is a blessing on all our houses. Thank God we have her.”
—Jacqueline Novak, author of How To Weep In Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression From One Who Knows