News, Reviews, and Interviews National Book Award winner and Puterbaugh Fellow Sherman Alexie will publish his first picture book in May 2016. WLT featured Alexie on the cover of the July 201…

As the date for the Nobel Prize announcement draws ever nearer, speculation has officially begun about who might be in the running this year. Check out the blog link below as well as our guest blog fr…

From the protests in Turkey to graduation speeches in the U.S., this week’s lit links cover a lot of ground. We’ve also included several upcoming events and dates we think you should be aware of, so m…

So many lit links, so little time! This week’s highlights include more literary news from the protestors in Gezi Park, Turkey; some disheartening news from German-language publisher Suhrkamp; and a cr…

This week’s links take us around the world to see poetry in Afghanistan, a new library amid the protests in Turkey, and the longest word in German language history finally being retired. Enjoy!…

“Istanbul’s fate is my fate: I am attached to this city because it has made me who I am.” Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk, tr. Maureen Freely   After two Nordic stops, today we…