So many things happening in the world of literature! Many of this week's links will help you formulate your holiday reading lists with suggestions from other magazines and literary websites. Enjoy!…
Nobel Prize
- December 14, 2012
December 12, 2012The creation of the animated book trailer for Mo Yan’s Sandalwood Death was a labor of love carried out over nearly two years. I conceived of the idea within months of learning that the novel…
October 29, 2012Mo Yan. Photo by Jonathan Stalling. Shortly after China woke up to the news on October 11 that a Chinese national had won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, a storm of discussion raged throughout…- October 19, 2012This week was full of exciting new discoveries and announcements. Below you'll find links to excerpts of 2012 Nobel Laureate Mo Yan's writing, a new short story from the archives of David Foster Walla…
- October 12, 2012This week was filled with award announcements. Below, you'll find links to this week's major literary awards, including the National Book Award and the Nobel Prize for Literature. News, Review…
- October 12, 2012When it was announced yesterday that Mo Yan is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, it echoed the case made by WLT executive director Robert Con Davis-Undiano, who deliver…
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In the Beginning the Word
worldlittoday · In The Beginning The Word by Rachel Tzvia Back
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the word was
unverbed unruled just birthed
before bird…
Background photo by Sved Oliver / Adobe StockA Visitor from Hell
A resident of Hell, I’ve been sitting here,
Lord,
for years.
Do I not deserve
to be…
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…
