Volume 89 No. 3 May 2015

The May 2015 double issue of WLT features New Hebrew Writing: 15 Voices from Israel and Abroad, an outstanding selection of fiction and poetry by more than a dozen writers—with most of the authors appearing in English translation for the first time—plus interviews with Ronit Matalon and Dory Manor. A generous sampling of other poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, and book reviews appears elsewhere in the issue, which also offers summer reads recommended by WLT’s editors and a celebration of the legendary Puterbaugh literary festivals that have taken place at the University of Oklahoma since the late 1960s.

Table of Contents

New Hebrew Writing

ESSAYS

Fiction

INTERVIEWS

  • “The Secret History of Female Muslim Empowerment: A Conversation with Kenizé Mourad,” by Jacob Daniels
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  • “The Punished Body: An Interview with Pedro Lemebel,” by John Better
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Poetry

  • Two Poems, by Yi Lu
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  • “Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory,” by Frank Paino
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  • “To Octavio Paz,” by Yau Ching
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In Every Issue

Celebrating the Puterbaugh Legacy

  • Luisa Valenzuela: The 1995 Puterbaugh Fellow
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  • Marina Carr: The 2012 Puterbaugh Fellow
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  • Dacia Maraini: The 2011 Puterbaugh Fellow
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  • Roberto Fernández Retamar: The 2002 Puterbaugh Fellow
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  • J. M. Coetzee: The 2003 Puterbaugh Fellow
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  • Maaza Mengiste: The 2013 Puterbaugh Fellow
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  • TRIBUTE
    A Tribute to Alene Webb Puterbaugh (1890 –1985)
    by Daniel Simon

International Crime & Mystery

  • “Playing by the Rules,” by J. Madison Davis
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BOOK REVIEWS