This week, the world said good-bye to Maya Angelou, beloved author and poet. You can read a tribute to her, which includes photos of her visit to Oklahoma for the 1986 Neustadt Festival, at the WL…
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Years ago, I visited the Alhambra in Granada and was awestruck by…
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World Literature Today’s director, RC Davis-Undiano, has written a play that is soon to be performed on the University of Oklahoma campus.…
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Nigerian journalist Mashood Ọlábísí Àjàlá (1934–1999), whose name became synonymous with the word “…
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This somber but inventive essay was adapted from an address Edith Bruck gave in 2018, and as the world marks…