The editors of World Literature Today are delighted to announce our annual shortlist of Pushcart nominations for 2018. The Pushcart Prize honors the best poetry, short fiction, creative non…
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- World Literature Today magazine and the University of Oklahoma are pleased to announce Robert Con Davis-Undiano’s Mestizos Come Home! has been recognized as a finalist in the 20th an…
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- The editors of World Literature Today are proud to officially present our annual shortlist of Pushcart and BAE nominations for 2017. The Pushcart Prize honors the best poetry, short fiction,…
- Norman, Okla. – Robert Con Davis-Undiano, executive director of World Literature Today and a professor of English at the University of Oklahoma, will be recognized with the Hispanic Arts Coun…
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- Haitian-American writer wins $50,000 “American Nobel” NORMAN, OKLA. (Friday, Nov. 10, 2017) – World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-…
- Robert Con Davis-Undiano’s book Mestizos Come Home! has won the 2017 International Latino Book Award for “Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book.” The prize was announced at a ceremony held on S…
- Nine nominees chosen for the $50,000 literature award known as “The American Nobel” NORMAN, Okla. – World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s a…
- Dr. Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Neustadt Professor and executive director of the World Literature Today organization at the University of Oklahoma, this week announced the names of nine jurors chosen t…
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- Celebrating its tenth iteration, the Best Translated Book Awards announced its longlists for fiction and poetry this morning, highlighting the best international works of literature published in the…
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- For the past decade, World Literature Today has been proud to collaborate with Beijing Normal University to bring out an annual Chinese edition of the magazine as well as a biannual journal…