News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 National Book Award finalists have been announced! WLT contributor Viet Thanh Nguyen and NSK Neustadt Prize finalist Jacqueline Woodson are among the t…

Photo by Eli Samuelu/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews  For #WITmonth, Words Without Borders lists 31 women authors in translation to read now.  A “working-class academic” reports to VI…

News, Reviews, and Interviews  In this article from the New York Review of Books, Tim Parks details the “translation paradox.”  Recent WLT contributor Gabeba Baderoon has been annou…

Valzhyna Mort. Photo: Tyler Christian News, Reviews, and Interviews  In this radio interview with OU’s NPR affiliate, recent Neustadt juror Valzhyna Mort details her passion for poetry and the power…

News, Reviews, and Interviews  The September issue of WLT is here! Get the print or digital issue today. Science-fiction writer Liu Cixin won the 2015 Hugo Award for best novel. Check out th…

News, 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…

Photo Irina Patrascu/Flickr Valentine’s Day looms. You have someone; you don’t have someone; you are caught between someones. Wherever you find yourself on the relationship spectrum, you’ll enjoy thi…