A Conversation with Ross Ufberg Today is the release date for The Good Life Elsewhere, Vladimir Lorchenkov’s scathing satire from Moldova. Born and currently living in Moldova, Lorchenkov is…

Photo Flickr/Latvian Foreign Ministry A Poem by Inga Ābele  what are you my beloved night pragmatistdarkness in ringswine and an an…

A Q&A with Deji Olukotun   See the full interactive infographics at PEN.org. Deji Olukotun is PEN’s inaugural Freedom to Write Fellow, and he’s helping to lay a universal foundation at all PEN…

Joshua Safran Writer, lawyer, and occasional rabbi Joshua Safran’s new book, Free Spirit: Growing up on the Road and off the Grid, chronicles a childhood spent on the r…

Jane Hirshfield and Donald Hall at the Hall-Kenyon Prize ceremony (Concord, New Hampshire, October 24, 2012) This interview was first conducted on October 24, 2012, at the Concord Public Library in C…

A Conversation with Chuck Beard  With independent bookstores closing even in those cities where they typically thrive, opening a new bookstore is an act of bravery, perhaps even faith. When Chuck…

Photo: Evoking Magritte by sleepyneko/Flickr In June I went for my interview with Latvian writer Jānis Einfelds accompanied by Sigma Ankrava, professor in the Department of Literature and Culture…

Today marks the release of Peter Orner’s second short-story collection, Last Car over the Sagamore Bridge. (This collection includes a story from WLT’s January…

Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky This week’s Translation Tuesday features the second half of our interview with Esther Allen and Susan Bernofsky, the editors of the new…

A Conversation with Boris Dralyuk  I recently interviewed Boris Dralyuk, translator of A Slap in the Face: Four Russian Futurist Manifestos (now on pre-sale from Insert Blanc Press), about fu…

Ben Myers and his newest book Lapse Americana April means tax stresses and spring, whether for you spring involves heavy snowfall or seasonal allergies. But in the U.S. April is also nationa…

What a busy week—two holidays! This week’s links look across the globe at recent happenings, including literature festivals and upcoming events. Enjoy! News, Reviews, and Interviews T…

K. Anis Ahmed Last Thursday, the second annual Dhaka Hay Festival opened with a moderated dialogue between Pakistani novelist Mohammed Hanif and the most exciting new Bangladeshi talent writing in En…

Photo Flickr/PennStateLive British journalist Sam Leith is the author of one novel and three nonfiction books, most recently "You Talkin’ to Me?": Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama.…

  Going behind the scenes of WLT’s September issue, poet, translator, and documentary filmmaker David Shook talks with Brian Hewes about making his new documentary, Kilometer Zero,…

The Neustadt Festival begins next week! But while you're waiting for our coverage of the events, check out what happened this week around the world in literature news and events by clicking on the lin…

Michelle Johnson: I heard Matías Néspolo speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival last month, and he praised your translation of his novel 7 Ways to Kill a Cat. He…

This week is filled with new events that are sure to fill up your calendar, including those scheduled for this year's Neustadt Festival. You'll also find some indispensable advice from two writers in…

The July issue of World Literature Today will go live next week with new, exciting web exclusives including a full video interview with Irish playwright Marina Carr. As a primer to the releas…