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Poetry
August 6, 2014
August 4, 2014Photo by M./Flickr Today on the phone,first time in thirty years,my friend didn’t know me.Who? Where do you live?Where did we meet?She’s been slipping for a while.I wonder if that’s how God feels…
July 29, 2014GazaOnce in a tiny stripdark holes swallowed heartsand one child told anotherwithdraw your breathwhenever the night wind…
July 28, 2014While staring at the paper on his writing desk, the author wonders whether he’s building a new Tower of Babel.There is a poem I know, by a poet who shall remain unnamed, in which the poet eng…- July 25, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsHala Salah, the woman behind the only literature review to translate English works into Arabic, is embarking on a brand new venture: audiobooks for the bl…
July 10, 2014In the middle of the nineteenth century, both Gustave Flaubert and Florence Nightingale traveled in Egypt. Enid Shomer imagined them meeting, and the result is her debut novel, The Twelve Roo…
July 8, 2014The corner of Ipiranga at Avenue São João. Photo by Ricardo RomanoffWith all eyes on the World Cup in Brazil and one semifinal due to be played in São Paulo’s Arena Corinthians on July 9,…- June 27, 2014We’ll be taking a two-week summer break from our Friday Lit Links, returning on Friday, July 18th. In the meantime, you can follow us on Twitter @worldlittoday to keep up with all the latest…
June 24, 2014Conversations by César AiraTranslated by Katherine SilverThe Argentine story circulates around the conversations that permeate a small café. During one of these conversations, a gold Rolex is…
June 18, 2014Often called Australia’s “queen of the short story,” Cate Kennedy is the award-winning author of novels, poetry, short fiction, and travel memoir. Her…
June 13, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsA new film, “Write Down, I Am an Arab,” will tell the story behind Mahmoud Darwish’s greatest love affair, with a Jewish woman he fell fo…
June 10, 2014Photo by Giuliano Maiolini/FlickrNobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer is a poet of great spirituality and depth, but his language is deceptively simple. The following essay examines…- June 6, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe current state and future of Israeli literature (and much of its politics) was showcased at this year’s International Writers Festival, held May 22 in…
May 27, 2014Khachapuri. Photo by Robyn LeeThough the Republic of Georgia has a strong literary past, especially in the medieval era, the Soviet shadow and the country’s singularly difficult…
May 21, 2014Book transformation, letters, envelopes, and bookmarks by Marilyse Figueroa. Photos by Jen Rickard Blair.Drawn to a book by its cover, a reader decides to give it to a friend. But on her…
On “Translating the Untranslatable”: Conversations with French Poets Anne Portugal and Pierre Alferi
May 14, 2014Left: Anne Portugal. Right: Pierre AlferiWithin the rather polemically suggestive title “Translating the Untranslatable” hides a wide array of opinion and diverging thoughts. In the world of poetry, a…
May 9, 2014The Great Reading from Book Riot's Literary Tourism: Norman, Oklahoma piece. Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThis week, several of the links below examine the political pasts of countries around the world to…- 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…
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…
April 23, 2014Photo by andifansnet/Flickr. Adaption by Jen Rickard Blair. Poem in your Pocket Day is tomorrow (April 24th), and you can celebrate by carrying your favorite poem with you and sharing it with…
April 18, 2014The newly released translation of Yuri Mamleyev's The Sublimes can be ordered with a 3D printed nylon doll.T. S. Eliot once described the month of April as the “cruellest month,” but we can’t…
April 11, 2014Sherman Alexie in a video interview with Poets & WritersBetween lit prize announcements and several very exciting upcoming events, this week was an exhilarating one! Make sure to pay extr…
April 4, 2014Photo by Christopher Irwin/FlickrAccording to the translators of Maulana Hasrat Mohani’s ghazal “Silently, silently,” their translation “functions something lik…
April 4, 2014Photo by Diane Cordell/FlickrThis week was a mix of news, commentary, and fun. Below, you’ll find stories on the very first ebook and a new reading list for poetry skeptics. And don’t forget to check…
March 14, 2014Photo by Matt Douma. Neustadt juror Krys Lee is one of two authors honored with an American Academy of Arts and Letters, read more about Neustadt Prize-related news in the Neustadt Lit Links.This…
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