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Poetry

Joy Harjo’s “Eagle Poem” Translated into Arabic

December 11, 2019 |
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News and Events

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2019

December 10, 2019 |
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News and Events

Announcing WLT’s 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominees

December 09, 2019 |
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Book Reviews

Wagering on Love in Zeruya Shalev’s Pain

December 05, 2019 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

One Week in Reykjavík

December 03, 2019 |
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Current Events

What Happened in the Halle Synagogue Attack?

November 26, 2019 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

The Patriots: On Reading Becoming in Tehran

November 26, 2019 |Shohreh Laici
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Poetry

Shame: A Poem from China

November 21, 2019 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

Alcatraz, Alcatrace,القطر

November 18, 2019 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

Eradicating the e-Word: Musings on Myaamia Language Reclamation

November 11, 2019 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

An American Mythology

November 11, 2019 |
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Poetry

Two Activist Poems

November 07, 2019 |
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Book Reviews

The Saga of Many Patient Foot Soldiers: Józef Wittlin’s Salt of the Earth

November 05, 2019 |
Cultural Cross Sections

Women in Public Art: An Essay

November 04, 2019 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

On Practice

November 01, 2019 |
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Current Events

Letter from California—Fire Season

October 29, 2019 |

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