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Cultural Cross Sections

I Don’t Sing You, America

October 03, 2019 |
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News and Events

YA Author Margarita Engle to Speak at Neustadt Lit Fest

October 01, 2019 |
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Lit Lists

Modern Epics: Fantasy in Translation

October 01, 2019 |
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Poetry

“Light of the Fig”

September 25, 2019 |
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Interviews

The Abyss of Identity: A Conversation with Baret Magarian

September 23, 2019 |
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Cultural Cross Sections

The Case of the Nuncas

September 19, 2019 |
The covers to Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead, When Death Takes Something from You, and the Memory Police
News and Events

2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature Longlist Announced

September 17, 2019 |
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Interviews

“Between the Facts”: A Conversation with Monique Truong

September 17, 2019 |
Neustadt Lit Fest: Celebrating Excellence and Diversity in YA Lit. October 15 through 17 2019 with 2019 NSK Prize Winner Margarita Engle
News and Events

Three OU Visual Communication students awarded for their designs for the 2019 Neustadt Lit Festival

September 13, 2019 |
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The Once Over

The 1969 Neustadt Prize Charter

September 13, 2019 |
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Eye on Culture

We Will Not Let Each Other Go

September 06, 2019 |
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Interviews

Holding Death in Our First Breath: A Conversation with Naja Marie Aidt

September 05, 2019 |
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Three Poems from Kurdistan

September 03, 2019 |
Interviews

Reimagining Folktales, But for the Ear: A Conversation with Mahsuda Snaith

August 30, 2019 |
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Book Reviews

The Fiction of Natalia Ginzburg: “We’re All Unreliable and Broken”

August 21, 2019 |
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News and Events

World Literature Today Wins APEX award

August 21, 2019 |

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