Mural in Cartagena / Photo by Kirk Siang / Flickr In Colombia, the popularity of Gabriel García Márquez rivals that of the country’s most famous soccer players. Could one imagin…

News, Reviews, and Interviews   A rare document from the life of Marcel Proust has been uncovered and will make its public debut at the Paris International Rare Book and Fine Art Fair…

photo: shevaun williams & associates News, Reviews, and Interviews   World-renowned novelist Jenny Erpenbeck is being honored this week at the 2018 Puterbaugh F…

News, 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 transla…

Radio Atlas use subtitles to translate various forms of audio. News, Reviews, and Interviews Radio Atlas is a new project that aims to translate sound art without destroying the poetry of its deliver…

Juan Felipe Herrera. Photo by Oregon State University/Flickr News, Reviews, and Interviews  On July 8, US poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera published what he called a “sudden poem” on Poets.org in re…

News, 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, her st…

This 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 kicking of…

News, Reviews, and Interviews Many literary translation awards were announced last week! The ALTA blog showcases the winners of the Italian Prose in Translation Award, the National Translation Award i…

News, Reviews, and Interviews Dubravka 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 mag…

News, Reviews, and Interviews Need a dose of literary inspiration? Watch the highlights reel from the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival, where award-winning Argentinean-Spani…

It 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…

This 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 c…

When 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 only redrew t…

Sherman Alexie in a video interview with Poets & Writers Between lit prize announcements and several very exciting upcoming events, this week was an exhilarating one! Make sure to pay ex…

This 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…

This 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…

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2004, England) Susanna Clarke It’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,…