Kayla E. Ciardi

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Kayla E. Ciardi grew up in Norman, Oklahoma, and recently graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oklahoma, earning a bachelor’s degree in English. She currently interns for World Literature Today, and she has been accepted to the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford in fall 2019. With interests in writing, editing, and visual design as well as a lifelong love of literature, Kayla plans to pursue a career in publishing.

Favorite 2019 Book Covers (So Far)

Autumn 2019
Kayla E. Ciardi
We’re often told, by impassioned librarians and insistent bibliophiles, to never judge a book by its cover. While it’s true that the most stylishly packaged novel can reveal poorly written language la…
Celebrating Women in Translation Month: New Translations by Women from around the Globe

August 15, 2019 Kayla E. Ciardi
For WLT’s November 2016 issue, author and translator Alison Anderson explores and explains in her essay “Of Gatekeepers and Bedtime Stories: The Ongoing Struggle to Make Women’s Voices Heard…
Norwich, England: Literature in the City of Stories

Summer 2019
Kayla E. Ciardi
Thomas More's Utopia painted on a building originally planned for demolition. Photo: Kayla E. Ciardi HEADING EAST ON Riverside Walk, you will see an old building tucked away…