News, Reviews, and Interviews
In preparation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Academy of American Poets has curated this list of poems in honor and celebration.
Poet Allison Hedge Coke, recently pu…
Submissions
- January 15, 2016
- 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…
January 16, 2013Don’t miss this chance to submit to PEN’s awards for translated literature. PEN is still accepting submissions for the $3,000 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, the $3,000 PEN Translation Prize, and…- August 17, 2012The world of literature never rests. This busy week was filled with new podcast lectures, new author interviews, and a new translation of a very old publication. Stay tuned to find out what's new next…
- August 3, 2012This week was a mix of delight and sadness—we said "hello" to recently-discovered material from both Katherine Mansfield and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but we also said "goodbye" to a beloved writer and cri…
Recent Posts
Photo by Daria ShchukinaUniversity of Oklahoma student Daria Shchukina recounts her recent trip to the 2024 ALTA conference and the impact it…
In June 2024 Pantheon published Tehrangeles, Porochista Khakpour’s latest novel (see WLT, Sept. 2024, 73). The novel satirizes…
Next Wednesday, November 13 at 4:00 pm cst, the University of Oklahoma’s Farzaneh Family Center for Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies will host the…
Photo by trentinness / Adobe StockHunger Strike
In the last watch
of blood and memories,
in the last neighing
of empty stomachs,
the human tree…
World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday…
