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

On Friday, February 20 from 3:00–4:30pm, WLT Editor in Chief Daniel Simon will give a thirty-minute talk about his new anthology, A Compass on the Navigable Sea: 100 Years of World Literature, published earlier this week by Restless Books. The talk, which is free and open to the general public, will be followed by a reception and book signing. Copies will be available for purchase at a 20 percent discount.

Location
Jayne & Joe Buskuhl Gallery
Gould Hall 130
830 Van Vleet Oval
Norman, Oklahoma

A Compass on the Navigable Sea features more than 130 essays, book reviews, interviews, poems, stories, and letters that have appeared in the magazine since its founding in 1927. According to the publisher, this “bold anthology reimagines what international writing can be. From Nobel laureates to dissident authors, iconic mainstays to extraordinary newcomers, this collection brings together powerful poetry, visionary lectures, and urgent reflections to comprise a literary beacon for a rapidly changing world. Spanning five dynamic sections—from foundational manifestos to groundbreaking critical takes, from national literatures to transnational identities—this archive offers readers a vibrant map of how stories cross borders, bridge histories, and shape futures.”

An award-winning anthologist, poet, editor, translator, and essayist, Simon has published three verse collections, most recently Under a Gathering Sky (2024), and edited three anthologies. His poems have been translated into six languages and nominated for multiple awards. In addition to his roles as assistant director and editor in chief of WLT, he also serves as an affiliate faculty member in English, International Studies, Judaic Studies, and PACS at the University of Oklahoma.

The event is co-sponsored by OU’s Department of English, the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, and World Literature Today. For accommodations, please call 405-325-0317.