Browsing the antiquarian book fair / Photo by peter-rabbit / FlickrI loved the quiet places in Kyoto, the places that held the world within a windless moment. Inside the temples, Nature held her b…
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January 24, 2018- October 16, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsCatch one of our Reader’s Choice essayists Aleš Debeljak at a poetry reading October 21 at the University of Richmond. The event is part of the university’s Writers Series…
May 15, 20152013 Puterbaugh Fellow Maaza Mengiste. Photo by Shevaun Williams.…- February 20, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTurns out Harper Lee isn't the only one with unpublished manuscripts. Three more works by Dr.…
- September 20, 2013This week we’re celebrating the unveiling of the National Book Award longlists, which highlight great authors and poets in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult literature. We…
- August 16, 2013This week’s news seemed to arrive in doubles—two new pieces on Haruki Murakami, two new pieces on the roles of public libraries, and two new pieces about the upcoming Neustadt/NSK Festival in October.…
- July 16, 2013NEWS RELEASEFor immediate releaseAllyse Sanchez303-839-1415, ext. [email protected] Con DavisExecutive Director, World Literature Today40…
- May 31, 2013From Pablo Neruda’s exhumation to Cairo’s first ever translation slam, this week’s lit links have it all!News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe New Yorker recently asked world…
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