In this love letter to public libraries, Linda Stack-Nelson concludes that libraries aren’t always about the books—and that’s what makes them indisposable.I will absolutely…
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June 3, 2016Photo by Wolfram Burner/FlickrNews, Reviews, and Interviews Poet Mai Mang shares these two poems in the wake of the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Mass…
April 28, 2016Portrait of Charlotte Brontë. Painted by Evert A. Duyckinick, based on a drawing by George RichmondNews, Reviews, and InterviewsIn this interview with Saikat Majmudar, he discusses his new novel…
September 4, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews The September issue of WLT is here! Get the print or digital issue today.Science-fiction writer Liu Cixin won the 2015 Hugo Award for best novel. Check out…
July 24, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Brooklyn Small Press Flea Market will happen on Saturday, August 1, in front of the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Check out all the event details he…
April 24, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2015 Pulitzer Book Prizes were announced this week. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr received the Pulitzer for fiction. A list of other winners is…- March 12, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews March 8 was International Women’s Day. This list gives a brief background into the 13 women who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature since its start in 1901.…
- February 27, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsA historian unearthed new work from Sherlock Holmes found in his attic. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the short story as a fundraiser to help save a town bridge.The U.S. Po…
- February 20, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTurns out Harper Lee isn't the only one with unpublished manuscripts. Three more works by Dr.…
- February 13, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Israel Prize for Literature might not be granted this year because all of the judges resigned to protest the Prime Minister’s Office.The Folio Pr…
- October 17, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsJoin us in congratulating Patrick Modiano for winning this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature!Last week, publishing giant HarperCollins announced a new ven…
- August 29, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsThis week, the world mourned the passing of Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim.In her first New York City appearance in over 10 years, Herta Müller disc…
- August 8, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsSince 2011, fierce Taliban rule in Pakistan has silenced traditional Pashtun poets. Now, migrating from the region, a group of about 50 poets are defying…
- May 23, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsFollowing success at this year’s London Book Fair, where Korean literature was the main theme and focus, The Korea Times notes that K-Lit is now…
April 25, 2014This 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 ce…
March 21, 2014Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, will be visiting WLT at the University of Oklahoma March 26-28th.All this week, we’ve been preparing for the Puterbaugh Festival, where we will be h…- 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.…
- August 2, 2013This week was all about new translations. Pieces by Jorge Luis Borges and César Aira were published this week, and forthcoming titles, including the much anticipated Library of Arabic Literature serie…
- June 28, 2013From the protests in Turkey to graduation speeches in the U.S., this week’s lit links cover a lot of ground. We’ve also included several upcoming events and dates we think you should be aware of, so m…
- June 14, 2013So many lit links, so little time! This week’s highlights include more literary news from the protestors in Gezi Park, Turkey; some disheartening news from German-language publisher Suhrkamp; and a cr…
August 27, 2012In May, we posted a list of 10 Unusual Micro Libraries that we discovered across the world and then opened the forum to you, our readers, to submit your own sightings of unusual or unique libraries. F…- July 27, 2012As always, it was a very busy week in the world of literature. This week's links reach across the globe, with news from Japan, Germany, France, and England.News, Reviews, and Interviews…
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