WLT  Weekly

A photo of Daniel Simon, his book jacket, and seven authors who will be reading with him from March 23 to March 27
News and Events

East Coast Book Tour to Promote World Literature Today Centennial Anthology

March 05, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
Gisela Heffes with the cover to her book in translation Crocodiles at Night
Interviews

“Poetry Can Be Conceived as an Art of Disruption”: A Conversation with Gisela Heffes

March 04, 2026 | Claudia Cavallin
Yuki Tanaka with the cover to his book Chronicle of Drifting
Interviews

Poetry Adrift between Japan and the US: In Conversation with Yuki Tanaka

March 03, 2026 | Miho Kinnas
Octavio Paz (left) and William Banowsky holding the 1982 Neustadt Prize silver feather
Book Reviews

First Takes and New Horizons: The Oklahoma Debut of A Compass on the Navigable Sea

March 02, 2026 | Amit R. Baishya
Photo by Fadi Thabet of two young Palestinian girls looking over a tent surrounded by barbed wire
News and Events

WLT’s “Gaza Voices” Issue Named 2026 National Magazine Award Finalist

February 27, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
The cover to Rahul Bhattacharya’s Railsong
Book Reviews

Bombay Dreams: Rahul Bhattacharya’s Railsong

February 17, 2026 | Anderson Tepper
Julia de Burgos with the cover to her book I Am My Own Path
Book Reviews

Translating Julia de Burgos from Oblivion

February 12, 2026 | Luis Guzmán Valerio
Fiona Sze-Lorrain with the cover to her book Dear Chrysanthemums
Interviews

The Infinity of a Heart’s Expanse: A Conversation with Fiona Sze-Lorrain

February 10, 2026 | Alton Melvar M. Dapanas
The cover to A Compass on the Navigable Sea. Text reads: Edited by Daniel Simon. Restless Books, 2026.
News and Events

Book Talk to Celebrate the Oklahoma Debut of World Literature Today Centennial Anthology

February 05, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
A tile collage of the cover to Siegfried Kracauer’s Ginster
Book Reviews

An Oblique Take on War’s Carnage: Siegfried Kracauer’s Ginster

February 03, 2026 | Eric Vanderwall
Ally Ang with the cover to their book Let the Moon Wobble
Book Reviews

Erotic Alternative Histories: Ally Ang’s Let the Moon Wobble

January 29, 2026 | Candice Louisa Daquin
Haleh Liza Gafori and the cover to Water by Rumi
News and Events

World Literature Today to Host Persian-themed Puterbaugh Lit Fest

January 27, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
A photo of Beena Kamlani with the cover to her book The English Problem
Book Reviews

From India to England and Back Again: Beena Kamlani’s The English Problem

January 22, 2026 | Owshnik Ghosh
Two stylized figures in traditional African dress
Book Reviews

The Invisible Craft: Rewriting Human Origins through the Botanic Age

January 21, 2026 | Samaneh Nazif
A person stands on the outskirts of an Alpine city taking a photo of it with his phone
Essay

Cocaine Mountain: The Alchemy of Algorithms

January 20, 2026 | Chelsy Lyons
A group of people stand smiling at the viewer
Interviews

Reclaiming Our Stories: How Two Oklahoma Women Are Healing Communities Through Education and Justice (Part 2—Celeste Lebak)

January 15, 2026 | Karlos K. Hill, Celeste Lebak