Denise Duong is a Vietnamese American artist whose artwork appears on the cover of the Autumn 2021 issue of World Literature Today. Her paintings, drawings, and murals…
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April 2, 2015The executive director, editors, and staff at World Literature Today at the University of Oklahoma are saddened to hear of Astrid Ivask’s death. In her time at the University of Oklahom…
March 30, 2015Tomas Tranströmer delivering his acceptance speech for the Neustadt Prize in June 1990.When news broke late last week that Nobel Prize laureate Tomas Tranströmer had died in Stoc…- October 10, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsFrench novelist Patrick Modiano has won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Last week, Laila Lalami spoke to NPR about her new novel, The Moor…
September 5, 2014Oklahoma writer Dorothy Alexander remembers fellow poet Jim Spurr, a true “everyman poet.”Jim Spurr left this earthy existence on Sunday, August 31, 2014, after having one of the best days of…
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WLT’s executive director, editors, and staff all deeply mourn the passing of David L. Boren, who died on February 20, 2025. Nick Hathaway, who…
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