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The 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature jury and finalists were announced this week. For the first time ever, the finalists are all women.
Author Alexander…
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June 1, 2015The author’s three-foot stack ofIndian books. Photo © Doug Wolf. I’m reading nonwhite this year. That’s what many readers/writers around the world are proclaiming. What they mean is that they’re foc…- 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…
- October 4, 2013We’re ushering in the new month and the change of weather with literary links inspired by fall. Below, you’ll find more speculation on the Nobel Prize (to be announced sometime soon), a plethora of au…
- August 30, 2013As we celebrate the launch of the September issue this week, we aim to bring your attention to LGBT-related news from around the world, particularly as it relates to literature. You’ll find an article…
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Courtesy of University of New Mexico Press / Stock.adobe.comThe Orphan (Isaac Luria)
what is the matter? why do you
always pursue me as an enemy?/…
Yassini Girls (Beacon Books, 2024), the new novel by Shereen Malherbe, invites readers into a rich and emotional narrative, weaving together…
In this interview focused on devotional Indian poetry (bhakti), Arundhathi Subramaniam (b. 1967) discusses her interest and involvement in…
Photo by Daria ShchukinaUniversity of Oklahoma student Daria Shchukina recounts her recent trip to the 2024 ALTA conference and the impact it…
In June 2024 Pantheon published Tehrangeles, Porochista Khakpour’s latest novel (see WLT, Sept. 2024, 73). The novel satirizes…
