The dog days of summer are upon us, and there’s no better way to pass through the longer days than curling up with a book in the shade. If you’re looking for some words to keep you company, there are…
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July 11, 2017
December 13, 2016In our fifth annual list of “75 Notable Translations,” we again offer an admittedly incomplete collection of the year’s English translations. And again, we invite you to share your favorites from the…
November 18, 2016News, Reviews, and Interviews The National Book Award winners have been announced! Colson Whitehead, Ibram X. Kendi, and Daniel Borzutzky have won for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, respectivel…
November 1, 2016In a particularly gloomy United States election year that “has taken some dark—sometimes very dark—turns” and has recently inspired Canadians to join in a social media campaign to “Tell America It’s G…
August 16, 2016Noemi JaffeWhat Are the Blind Men Dreaming?Trans. Julia Sanches & Ellen Elias-BursacDeep VellumReflecting the horrors and historical significance of the Holocaust, three generations of wo…
April 20, 2016Photo by Guillermo Galan/FlickrKeeping tabs on the poets in your city or state can be a daunting task, but poets all over the world? To help with that, we’ve put together this short but powerful…
January 19, 2016As icecaps melt and cities swelter, are we are on the brink of disaster? In these four books, environmental collapse seems unavoidable or has already begun. The characters all wrestle with the sam…
April 27, 2015Introspection is one of the key elements of growing up and moving forward. Though the process can be anywhere from melancholy to enlightening, the importance is in the journey. Coming just in time for…
February 24, 2015A Brief Stop: On the Road From Auschwitz by Göran RosenbergTranslated by Sarah Death. Other Press.After enduring the ghetto of Lodz, the camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and many other t…
December 10, 2014Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game is an excellent example of how children and the compelling worlds of science fiction mix together brilliantly. After all, the children of today are the leaders…
November 4, 2014All Days are Night by Peter StammTranslated by Michael Hofmann. Other Press.After a car crash that leaves her husband dead and her own body disfigured, Gillian must put her life back together…
September 23, 2014Photo by Nèg FotoWhether you’re looking for a quick escape on your midday break or a quiet lunch with that always entertaining friend, literature, this list includes five short works of fiction t…
September 1, 2014In conjunction with our November 2014 cover feature—which will focus on central European literature since the fall of the Berlin Wall—the editors of WLT invited 25 writers to nominate one boo…
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 13, 2014As you’re building your summer reading lists, don’t forget these new translations. Seven Lives and One Great Love: The Memoirs of a CatLena DivaniKonstantine Matsoukas, tr.(Europa Editions) …
March 25, 2014The following four titles are new translations released this month and are ready to jump onboard your spring or summer reading lists. StoriesJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis, …
February 7, 2014From Art Made from Books: Altered, Sculpted, Carved, TransformedNew partnerships and discoveries are at the heart of this week’s lit links. Two new poems authored by Sap…
January 28, 2014Lillehammer. Photo by Ulf Bodin/FlickrNetflix viewers are eagerly awaiting the third season of the original series Lilyhammer, a bilingual Norwegian series set in Lillehammer, the city previo…
May 28, 2013“Think of Argentina and it quickly becomes apparent why the country holds travelers in awe. Tango, gauchos, fútbol, Patagonia, the Andes—the classics alone make a formidable wanderlust cocktail.” – Sa…
April 10, 2013In the wake of the complicated legacy left behind by Venezuela’s late president, Hugo Chavez, we take a look at new books from around the world that tell the stories of political and revolutionary lea…
March 13, 2013“Below them is a French city, primarily, and English, too, home to countless nationalities, mingling on the one hand, blending languages on the streets, but also carefully guarding their separateness,…
February 12, 2013Photo Irina Patrascu/FlickrValentine’s Day looms. You have someone; you don’t have someone; you are caught between someones. Wherever you find yourself on the relationship spectrum, you’ll enjoy…
January 30, 2013Helsinki in winter. Photo Anthony Tison/FlickrIf you’re like most of us, you’re interested in visiting cities all over the world but unable to do so, or at least do so as much as you’d like. In our ne…
December 18, 2012The list-making season is upon us, and some of our favorite news sources have turned to surveying the literary year. On November 27, the New York Times released its 100 Notable Books of 2012.…
November 29, 2012Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (2004, England)Susanna ClarkeIt’s 1806 and Britain is ravaged by the Napoleonic Wars—that is, until a Mr Norrell comes to the aid of his country with his magic. Soon, a…
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