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Friday Lit Links: Week of February 9

February 09, 2018 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

The Last Free Space

February 05, 2018 |

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Friday Lit Links: Week of February 2

February 02, 2018 |

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On the Imperfections of the Perfect Nanny

January 31, 2018 |

Claribel Alegría

News and Events

In Remembrance: The Sword of Poetry (1924-2018)

January 26, 2018 |

Friday Lit Links: Week of January 26

January 26, 2018 |

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Travels in Literature

Destination: Kyoto

January 24, 2018 |

The cover to Naomi Klein's No is Not Enough juxtaposed with a photo of the author

Naomi Klein’s Caretaking Manifesto

January 18, 2018 |

A photo of author Kiriti Sengupta juxtaposed with the cover to his book, Solitary Stillness

Poetic Transcendence: Exploring Kiriti Sengupta

January 17, 2018 |

Jenny Erpenbeck. Photo © Katharina Behling

News and Events

German Writer Jenny Erpenbeck to Headline Puterbaugh Festival at OU

January 09, 2018 |

The cover to Misuzu Kaneko's Are You an Echo with a photo of the author

Balancing Melancholy and Joy in the Work of Japanese Poet Misuzu Kaneko

January 10, 2018 |

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A New Year’s Poem from Times Square

January 08, 2018 |

Returning the Gift Festival

Interviews with Six Native Women Writers, Part 3: Ruby Hansen Murray and Kimberly Blaeser

January 03, 2018 |

Three White Horses

Through the Long Darkness in Jonas Zdanys’s Three White Horses

December 20, 2017 |

Photo of Miklós Radnóti and book cover for All That Still Matters At All

Reconciling Form and Content across the Language Barrier in Miklós Radnóti's All That Still Matters at All

December 19, 2017 |

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Friday Lit Links: Week of December 15

December 15, 2017 |

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