The following interview took place before a large audience at the Palm Beach Poetry Festival on January 24, 2014.Photo © Nancy CramptonChard deNiord: I’d like to begin with t…
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January 27, 2014Barricade with the protesters at Hrushevskogo street on January 26, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo Sasha Maksymenko/FlickrThe movement is precisely about what Nadya, the… -
January 27, 2014As a follow-up to our post “Protesting on the Square in Kiev” on December 11, 2013, we received the letter below from Yuri Andrukhovych, who is on the front lines of the protests… -
January 13, 2014The recent movie adaptation of the novel Ender’s Game, along with the continued strife in Syria, remind us that, reality or fantasy, genocide is a topic we are unable to avoid. Whether in the… -
December 11, 2013Protesters in Kiev on December 9th. Photo by Ivan Bandura/FlickrEditorial note: In solidarity with the protesters in Ukraine, WLT offers the following selections by… -
August 28, 2013In 2007 Persian English translator and writer Raha Namy set off on a bicycle ride through Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, coming to a stop at the Occupied Territories of the West Bank (Israel). She an… -
May 23, 2013The 2013 Puterbaugh Festival of International Literature and Culture was an inspiring success, and we’ve compiled moments throughout the week that capture the impact that Puterbaugh Fellow Maaza Mengi… -
April 30, 2013Bravery comes in many forms. As Salman Rushdie said to me in an interview, and confirmed at the opening night of PEN World Voices Festival of International Li…
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