News, Reviews, and Interviews
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Lit Lists
- September 12, 2014
- August 29, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews This week, the world mourned the passing of Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim. In her first New York City appearance in over 10 years, Herta Müller discuss…
- August 22, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews After years of civil war and conflict, Afghan refugees are beginning to return home and bring with them waves of migrant literature. The 2014 PEN/Heim Fu…
- August 15, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews All of us wish a huge congratulations to the recently named NEA Literary Translation Fellowships, including past WLT contributors Wendy Call, Al…
- August 8, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews Since 2011, fierce Taliban rule in Pakistan has silenced traditional Pashtun poets. Now, migrating from the region, a group of about 50 poets are defying…
- August 1, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews Is literary translation something that can be taught? Translator Katy Derbyshire shares her thoughts on the subject and the BCLT summit. International au…
- July 25, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews Hala Salah, the woman behind the only literature review to translate English works into Arabic, is embarking on a brand new venture: audiobooks for the b…
July 18, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews The seven finalists for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature have been announced! The winning author will be named at…- 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 literary…
June 20, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews The jurors for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s literature have been announced! Read the announcement on the Neustadt Prize w…
June 13, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews A 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…- June 6, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews The 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 W…- May 23, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews Following 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 16, 2014News, Reviews, and Interviews Need a dose of literary inspiration? Watch the highlights reel from the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival, where award-winning Argentinean-Spani…
May 9, 2014The Great Reading from Book Riot's Literary Tourism: Norman, Oklahoma piece. Photo: Wikimedia Commons This week, several of the links below examine the political pasts of countries around the world t…- 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 c…
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…
April 11, 2014Sherman Alexie in a video interview with Poets & Writers Between lit prize announcements and several very exciting upcoming events, this week was an exhilarating one! Make sure to pay ex…
April 4, 2014Photo by Diane Cordell/Flickr This 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 chec…
March 28, 2014Andrés Neuman autographing a book after opening night. Photo by Laura Hernandez We’ve been buzzing on the WLT Facebook and Twitter accounts all week with exciting reports from the 2014 Puter…
March 21, 2014Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, will be visitingWLT at the University of Oklahoma March 26-28th. All this week, we’ve been preparing for the Puterbaugh Festival, where we will be…
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 we…
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…
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