WLT  Weekly

Walter A. Aue, “Geraniums,” 2011
Cultural Cross Sections

A Poet of the Outskirts: Yevgeny Kropivnitsky (1893–1979)

June 08, 2016 |
Tiananmen Square. Photo by Wolfram Burner/Flickr
Lit Lists

Dystopian fiction from the Middle East, 27 years after Tiananmen, and more

June 03, 2016 |
Jack Homme, “Goddess of Democracy 1989,” 2009
Poetry

Two Poems 27 Years after Tiananmen

June 01, 2016 |
Screen capture of Boston's sidewalk poetry
Lit Lists

Dubravka Ugrešić’s stories about refugees, why the world needs translators, and more

May 27, 2016 |
Mario Vargas Llosa / Courtesy of Expansión
The Once Over

Mario Vargas Llosa: Word and Fire

May 25, 2016 |
Books in a window. Photo by kl801/Flickr
Lit Lists

Han Kang wins the Man Booker International Prize, the most commonly used words by poets, and more

May 20, 2016 |
Jack Wolf, “Yellow spider mum,” 2009
Interviews

“I was born out of the chrysanthemums”: An Interview with Ming Di

May 18, 2016 |
Cover of the May 2016 issue
News and Events

2016 Man Booker International Prize winner Han Kang featured in World Literature Today’s Summer issue

May 16, 2016 |
Lit Lists

Colombian folk songs that influenced Gabriel García Márquez, a new literary prize, and more

May 13, 2016 |
A photograph
On Translation

Against Neutrality, Capital Letters, and Easy Translation

May 10, 2016 |Dade Lemanski
Books
Lit Lists

Writing in a third language, the Best Translated Book Award winners, and more

May 06, 2016 |
The Clouds
On Translation

4 New May Translations

May 03, 2016 |
Charlotte Bronte. Painted by Evert A. Duyckinick, based on a drawing by George Richmond
Lit Lists

Chernobyl’s literary legacy, Charlotte Brontë’s 200th birthday, and more

April 28, 2016 |
Interviews

Poetry at the Crossroads: A Conversation with Kimiko Hahn

April 27, 2016 |
Lit Lists

Getting lost at the London Book Fair, Li-Young Lee on poetry, and more

April 22, 2016 |
Lit Lists

Five Poets for National Poetry Month

April 20, 2016 |