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- December 2, 2016News, Reviews, and Interviews WLT contributing editor and Best Translated Book Award judge George Henson writes for Three Percent about the Neustadt Prize and keeping the foreign in tran…
- July 22, 2016Radio Atlas use subtitles to translate various forms of audio.News, Reviews, and InterviewsRadio Atlas is a new project that aims to translate sound art without destroying the poetry of its delivery.…
- July 15, 2016Juan Felipe Herrera. Photo by Oregon State University/FlickrNews, Reviews, and Interviews On July 8, US poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera published what he called a “sudden poem” on Poets.org in…
- May 27, 2016News, Reviews, and Interviews Via Utne Reader, 2016 Neustadt Prize laureate Dubravka Ugrešić shares about the experience of being a finalist—and then winner—for a big literary prize…
- December 18, 2015This will be our last roundup of literary news and fun finds until we return from the holiday break. Thank you for reading along with us this year. We’ll see you in January, when we’ll be kickin…
- November 6, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsMany literary translation awards were announced last week! The ALTA blog showcases the winners of the Italian Prose in Translation Award, the National Translation Award in…
- October 30, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsDubravka Ugrešić has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Neustadt Prize! Beyond Ugrešić’s win, there’s more good news for Croatian literature—the newly launched…
- May 16, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsNeed a dose of literary inspiration? Watch the highlights reel from the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival, where award-winning Argentinean-Spanish…
- 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 ce…
- April 18, 2014When news broke yesterday about the death of Gabriel García Márquez, the entire staff of World Literature Today paused to reflect on the legacy of a writer who not on…
- April 11, 2014Sherman Alexie in a video interview with Poets & WritersBetween lit prize announcements and several very exciting upcoming events, this week was an exhilarating one! Make sure to pay extr…
- September 6, 2013This week we said goodbye to two literary giants: first to Seamus Heaney, who passed away this week at the age of 74. We also lost Frederik Pohl this week, champion of the sci-fi genre with a career s…
- December 7, 2012This week's News, Reviews, and Interviews section is chock-full of new poetry, prose, and translations from around the world. Make sure you get your fill!News, Reviews, and Interviews…
- November 29, 2012Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2004, England)Susanna ClarkeIt’s 1806 and Britain is ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars—that is, until a Mr Norrell comes to the aid of his country with his magic. Soon, a…
