News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe seven finalists for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature have been announced! The winning author will be named at th…
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July 18, 2014- June 27, 2014We’ll be taking a two-week summer break from our Friday Lit Links, returning on Friday, July 18th. In the meantime, you can follow us on Twitter @worldlittoday to keep up with all the latest…
June 20, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe jurors for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s literature have been announced! Read the announcement on the Neustadt…
June 13, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsA new film, “Write Down, I Am an Arab,” will tell the story behind Mahmoud Darwish’s greatest love affair, with a Jewish woman he fell fo…- June 6, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe current state and future of Israeli literature (and much of its politics) was showcased at this year’s International Writers Festival, held May 22 in…
May 30, 2014This week, the world said good-bye to Maya Angelou, beloved author and poet. You can read a tribute to her, which includes photos of her visit to Oklahoma for the 1986 Neustadt Festival, at the WL…- May 23, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsFollowing success at this year’s London Book Fair, where Korean literature was the main theme and focus, The Korea Times notes that K-Lit is now…
May 9, 2014The Great Reading from Book Riot's Literary Tourism: Norman, Oklahoma piece. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThis week, several of the links below examine the political pasts of countries around the world to…- May 2, 2014It was another great week, filled with announcements from various literary prizes. Below, we’ve provided links to announcements about the Best Translated Book Awards, the Lambda Literary Prize, and Or…
April 25, 2014This week was full of celebrations, once again. Though we said goodbye to Gabriel García Márquez, literary readers, writers, and publishers around the globe celebrated his exceptional life. We also ce…
April 18, 2014The newly released translation of Yuri Mamleyev's The Sublimes can be ordered with a 3D printed nylon doll.T. S. Eliot once described the month of April as the “cruellest month,” but we can’t…
April 11, 2014Sherman Alexie in a video interview with Poets & WritersBetween lit prize announcements and several very exciting upcoming events, this week was an exhilarating one! Make sure to pay extr…
April 4, 2014Photo by Diane Cordell/FlickrThis week was a mix of news, commentary, and fun. Below, you’ll find stories on the very first ebook and a new reading list for poetry skeptics. And don’t forget to check…
March 21, 2014Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, will be visiting WLT at the University of Oklahoma March 26-28th.All this week, we’ve been preparing for the Puterbaugh Festival, where we will be h…
March 14, 2014Photo by Matt Douma. Neustadt juror Krys Lee is one of two authors honored with an American Academy of Arts and Letters, read more about Neustadt Prize-related news in the Neustadt Lit Links.This…
March 7, 2014While you’re browsing through this week’s set of lit links, we would really appreciate your help. We are currently in the running for ASME’s Best Cover Contest and need votes to win! All you have to d…
February 28, 2014Barricade with the protesters at Hrushevskogo street on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo Sasha Maksymenko/FlickrIt was an exciting week for both World Literature Today…
February 21, 2014Photo by Fake Plastic Breno/FlickrThis week’s lit links run the gamut of news: from new intellectual discussions to a campaign that wants to put poetry on the moon, we’ve got this week covered.…
February 14, 2014Photo by Georg Mayer/FlickrAs the world celebrates Valentine’s Day today, we’d like to celebrate our love for great literature. Find great stories, reviews, and news in the links below, and remember t…
February 7, 2014From Art Made from Books: Altered, Sculpted, Carved, TransformedNew partnerships and discoveries are at the heart of this week’s lit links. Two new poems authored by Sap…
January 31, 2014What a week! The links below are full of the excitement, pleasure, and sadness that marked this week’s literary news. Most notably, find information about the death of José Emilio Pacheco, who passed…
January 24, 2014Fun Finds: Watch the video of 14,000 Latvians who formed a human chain to deliver books to a new library.News, Reviews, and InterviewsLiu Xia, wife of Nobel Peace Prize…
January 15, 2014The 3D printed cover to Chang-rae Lee's book On Such a Full SeaThis week we said goodbye with sadness to both Amiri Baraka and Juan Gelman, two poets who recently passed away. But we als…- January 10, 2014This week’s links are filled with both the positive and the negative. New books, new opportunities, and new discoveries make up this week’s positives, but great losses to language and literature simul…
- January 3, 2014We’re back! We hope you had a wonderful holiday and a great start to 2014. Below, catch up on all the literary news and tidbits you might have missed while celebrating.News, Reviews, and Inter…
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