WLT  Weekly

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Culture

Creating Monuments to Radical Acts of Love: A Conversation with Artist Terence Hammonds

March 29, 2023 |Michelle Johnson
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Book Reviews

A Leningrad Underworld: Polina Barskova’s Living Pictures

March 27, 2023 |Sibelan Forrester
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Lit Lists

Lockdown in Literature

March 20, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
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Book Reviews

Somnolent Souls Dreaming of Eternity: The Poetry of Alexander Veytsman

March 15, 2023 |Benjamin Rifkin
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Poetry

Two Polish American Poems

March 13, 2023 |Piotr Florczyk
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Poetry

Two Polish American Poems

March 13, 2023 |Piotr Florczyk
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Essay

Warsick: Testimonial Plays Share Ukrainians’ Experience of War

March 08, 2023 |Oleksandra Wallo, Anna Halas
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Essay

Science Fiction Tried to Warn Us about AI. Or Did It?

March 01, 2023 |Tom Gammarino
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News and Events

World Literature Today Seeks Votes in ASME Best Cover Contest

February 28, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
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Poetry

Two Poems from the Iraqi Diaspora

February 16, 2023 |Saadi Youssef
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Lit Lists

The Love Month: Odes to Romance and Friendship

February 13, 2023 |Peyton Winter
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Book Reviews

The Power of Words and the Power of Desire: Manuel Ulacia’s Origami

February 06, 2023 |Jonathan Harrington
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News and Events

WLT to Launch “The Russophone Literature of Resistance” Issue on March 1

February 02, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
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News and Events

RC Davis-Undiano Play Opens Feb. 10

January 25, 2023 |WLT
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News and Events

WLT Seeks Graphic Designer

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Book Reviews

Stitches That Bind: Oscar Hokeah’s Calling for a Blanket Dance

January 24, 2023 |Kyrié Eleison Owen