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 bee…
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March 11, 2016Photo by Lubos Huska/PixabayNews, Reviews, and Interviews The Quietus interviews Deborah Smith on her work translating Korean author Han Kang and her progress on launching a new publishi…
February 19, 2016News, Reviews, and Interviews Author Aleksandar Hemon reflects on the deadly error in dehumanizing millions of refugees.In this review of Inongo vi Makomè’s book Natives, Aaron Bady disc…- September 25, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2015 National Book Awards longlist is out, and Flavorwire has compiled a post that summarizes each of the books. A recent article from the New York Times…
- August 28, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe new issue of Poetry International is now available. The double issue features poems by current Neustadt nominee Carolyn Forché; Neustadt laureates Tomas Tranströmer an…
- July 17, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsA new literary discovery featuring Charles Dickens’s annotations in his literary magazine reveals the identity of many Victorian authors who had been publishing anonymousl…
July 10, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsBuzzfeed’s list of Asian-American writers features 2016 Neustadt jurors Wang Ping and Porochista Khakpour.Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård was recently featured on an e…
May 29, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature finalists were announced tonight! Congrats to Can Xue, Caryl Churchill, Carolyn Forché, Aminatta Forna, Ann-Marie MacD…
March 19, 2015Jane Hirshfield. Photo by Nick RoszaNews, Reviews, and InterviewsBrand new literary translation publisher Deep Velllum is picking up momentum. The publisher has just released the first of legendary Me…- October 3, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsWriting for the Kenyon Review, Libyan poet Khaled Mattawa guides readers through the process of inspiration, translation, and writing poetry.The…
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