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May 6, 2016News, Reviews, and Interviews The winners for the Best Translated Book Awards have been announced! WLT contributing editor David Shook’s press Phoneme has taken home the BTBA in poetry f…- October 16, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsCatch one of our Reader’s Choice essayists Aleš Debeljak at a poetry reading October 21 at the University of Richmond. The event is part of the university’s Writers Series…
- July 17, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsA new literary discovery featuring Charles Dickens’s annotations in his literary magazine reveals the identity of many Victorian authors who had been publishing anonymousl…
- December 5, 2014News, Reviews, and InterviewsWe sadly note the passing of two literary greats this week: first, former U.S. poet laureate Mark Strand, who passed away at the age of 80; second, Egypti…
- 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 16, 2014Photo: Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle via Wikimedia CommonsMany works of Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta have formed the foundations of further artistic endeavors, including and beyond their own…
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…
February 28, 2014Barricade with the protesters at Hrushevskogo street on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo Sasha Maksymenko/FlickrIt was an exciting week for both World Literature Today…- 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…
- July 12, 2013Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Lit Links—we hope you didn't miss them too much over the holiday. To make up for our absence, links this week include more fun finds and calendar items than us…
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