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Intern’s Picks

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Kaleidoscopic Rock ‘n’ Roll Novel

December 20, 2022 |Julia Wu
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Essay

Signs of Ethnic and Cultural Genocide in Ukraine: The Murder of Children’s Book Writer Volodymyr Vakulenko

December 16, 2022 |Michael M. Naydan
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News and Events

Announcing WLT’s 2022 Pushcart Prize Nominees

December 14, 2022 |Daniel Simon
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Culture

The Vow: Trials within Trials

December 13, 2022 |Yahia Lababidi
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Book Reviews

Hope That Can Heal: Kari Gunter-Seymour’s alone in the house of my heart

December 12, 2022 |Hephzibah Roskelly
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Book Reviews

Confluently Conversant: Sudeep Sen’s Converse

December 08, 2022 |Somudranil Sarkar
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Culture

The Victory of Our Revolution Is the Final Triumph of Tahirih, Homa Darabi, and the Blue Girl

December 06, 2022 |Shokoofeh Azar
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Lit Lists

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2022

December 05, 2022 |Michelle Johnson
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Interviews

Writing as a Cocoon of Absolute Freedom: A Conversation with Pajtim Statovci and David Hackston

November 21, 2022 |Keith Brown
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Fiction

Day of the TASLA Dead

November 16, 2022 |Bruna Gomes
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Book Reviews

Frighteningly Normal: Investigating Evil in Nicola Lagioia’s La città dei vivi

November 14, 2022 |Irene Bulla
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News and Events

Panel to Discuss “Red Dirt and Brownfields: Humanities Perspectives on Ecological Restoration in Oklahoma”

October 31, 2022 |The Editors of WLT
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News and Events

Gene Luen Yang Named Winner of 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

October 24, 2022 |WLT
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Interviews

Poet-Voyager: A Conversation with Nathalie Handal

October 19, 2022 |Sherouk Zakaria
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Essay

Singing about the Coronavirus Using an Ancient Art Form: The Patuas of Bengal

October 17, 2022 |Dipika Mukherjee
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News and Events

The Best Literary Translations 2025 Anthology: Call for Submissions from Deep Vellum

November 16, 2023 |The Editors of WLT