These five recent translations from four languages will take you from a big-game park in a place called “Jezoosalem” to a Santiago suburb, and you won’t want to miss the stops in between.
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February 19, 2013- February 15, 2013What a busy week—two holidays! This week’s links look across the globe at recent happenings, including literature festivals and upcoming events. Enjoy! News, Reviews, and Interviews T…
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February 12, 2013Rights free potrait. Library of Congress. Join us in celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s birthday by adding your translations of this short Lincoln quote in the comments of this blog post. Thanks to WL…
February 11, 2013Katniss Everdeen of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games trilogy is just one recent example among many brave, inspiring female protagonists in young adult fiction. Today we extend our gaze acro…
February 4, 2013International Translation Day 2012. Photo EnglishPEN/Flickr The availability of translated fiction is a common topic of recriminatory debates both within the book trade and amongst communities of rea…- February 1, 2013So many links, so little time! We hope you enjoy perusing this week’s literary news—it should keep you pretty busy until next week. News, Reviews, and Interviews Ms. magazine…
January 30, 2013Helsinki in winter. Photo Anthony Tison/Flickr If 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…- January 25, 2013We hope you had a great week filled with lots of good reading. This week’s links include several interviews and some great fun finds. Enjoy! News, Reviews, and Interviews Roger Allen…
January 18, 2013A bookshop in Norway. Photo readingoutloud/Flickr All of this happened while I was walking around starving in Christiania [Oslo]—that strange city no one escapes from until it has left i…- January 18, 2013So many longlists, shortlists, finalists, and winners were announced for various literary prizes this week. Look below for links to prize announcements and commentary from people across the web and th…
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…- January 11, 2013Welcome to the first Friday Link Pool of 2013! We’ve gathered up all the fun and informative literary links we could find over the holidays (to help make up for how much we know you missed us, of cour…
- December 21, 2012Happy holidays from all of us here at World Literature Today! This week’s links will keep you busy throughout your holiday downtime. News, Reviews, and Interviews En…
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.…- December 14, 2012So many things happening in the world of literature! Many of this week's links will help you formulate your holiday reading lists with suggestions from other magazines and literary websites. Enjoy!…
- December 7, 2012This week's News, Reviews, and Interviews section is chock-full of new poetry, prose, and translations from around the world. Make sure you get your fill! News, Reviews, and Interviews…
December 6, 2012Tibetan poet Woeser Since China’s invasion in the 1950s, the West’s main focus has been on the struggle for independence in Tibet, reporting the monks’ fiery suicides and protestors or journalists d…
December 4, 2012November 27–December 11 Tears in Rain Rosa Montero, Lilit Žekulin Thwaites, tr. AmazonCrossingNovember 27, 2012 Detective Bruna Husky, a replicant or “techno-human,” was designed by humans to perform…- November 30, 2012This week, we've featured several links for your calendar, including events and submission deadlines—make sure you mark them down! News, Reviews, and Interviews Wishing congratulation…
November 20, 2012In the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, we—the editors at WLT—have each listed a few of our favorite books in translation that we are truly thankful for. Let us know in the comments if you…- November 16, 2012Another week, another barrage of literary news. We hope you enjoy your links and come back for more next week! News, Reviews, and Interviews Rosalind Harvey spoke at International Tra…
November 13, 2012The Bird That Swallowed Its Cage: The Selected Writings of Curzio Malaparte Walter Murch, tr. Counterpoint For the first time, the works of Curzio Malaparte, an Italian journalist, novelist,…- November 9, 2012Hurricane Sandy affected so many people in the northeastern United States, including several bookstores and literacy charities. We've included a few links to information and ways to help the recovery…
October 30, 2012WLT interviews Fantagraphic Books editor and publisher Kim Thompson about his recent translation of Nicolas Mahler’s Angelman. WLT: The Fantagraphics websit…
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