Poet and teacher K Za Win (1982–2021) / Photo courtesy of the author
When I last visited Myanmar in 2013, it was to participate in the Irrawaddy Festival to launch Bones Will Crow: 15 Contemporar…
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April 15, 2016News, Reviews, and Interviews The PEN Literary Award winners have been announced! The 2016 L.A. Times Book Prize winners have also been announced—recent Neustadt juror Valeria Luiselli won the fict…
June 8, 2015Ann Morgan. Photo © Steve Lennon. What if New York Review of Books blogger Tim Parks is right that international literature is becoming homogenized? It’s a scary thought. And on the cusp of…
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Courtesy of University of New Mexico Press / Stock.adobe.comThe Orphan (Isaac Luria)
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Yassini Girls (Beacon Books, 2024), the new novel by Shereen Malherbe, invites readers into a rich and emotional narrative, weaving together…
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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…
