WLT  Weekly

George Lynn Cross (left) interviewing Roy Temple House
News and Events

WLT’s 90th Anniversary Week!

October 19, 2016 |
Bob Dylan image
Lit Lists

Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, how poetry and math overlap, and more

October 14, 2016 |
Judit Urquijo Pagazaurtundua, “Estación de buses,” Sri Lanka, September 2011
Cultural Cross Sections

Sri Lankan History and Literature Deserve a Place in Our Classrooms

October 12, 2016 |
Berlin
Travels in Literature

Destination: Berlin

October 10, 2016 |
Cup of coffee next to a book
Lit Lists

The National Book Award Finalists, loving your mother tongue, and more

October 07, 2016 |
The Coming, by Daniel Black
Book Reviews

Reimagining the Unthinkable: A Review of The Coming, by Daniel Black

October 05, 2016 |
The translation of The Diamond Sutra by Kumārajīva of the Yao Ch’in dynasty
Poetry

Two Poems from the Hindi

October 04, 2016 |
George Hart, Orb, 24x24x24 inches, laser-cut wood, 2014.
On Translation

“Bearing Across” in Patterns of Asymmetry: On Translating Geet Chaturvedi

October 04, 2016 |
Book with a cup tea and fall leaves
Lit Lists

Censorship that targets “diverse” books, Rabih Alameddine’s Twitter feed, and more

September 30, 2016 |
A refugee’s shoes are worn, wet, and muddy after a long journey. These shoes are owned by Ali, a Yazidi refugee who traveled from Iraq to Preševo, Serbia, to avoid persecution (photo by Meabh Smith / Trócaire).
Poetry

Two Poems from Syria

September 27, 2016 |
Library of Congress. Photo from Pixabay
Lit Lists

The newly sworn-in librarian of Congress, Lynda Barry’s graphic novel art show, and more

September 23, 2016 |
Interviews

The Conversation Continues: An Interview with Alison Anderson and David Shook on Women in Translation

September 21, 2016 |
Open books. Photo by Patrick Tomasso/Unsplash
Lit Lists

Sweden’s ancient forest language, the “thrill” of etymology, and more

September 16, 2016 |
Tony Webster, Dakota Access Pipeline protest at the Sacred Stone Camp near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, August 25, 2016
Poetry

Noir

September 15, 2016 |
Quinn Dombrowski, “Velvet Flower,” 2008
Poetry

Four Poems by a Polish Holocaust Survivor

September 13, 2016 |
Zofia and Kazimierz Romanowicz in front of the Galerie Lambert in 1962 / Courtesy of the Archiwum Emigracji, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Toruń, Poland
The Once Over

The Renaissance of Zofia Romanowicz (1922–2010)

September 13, 2016 |