WLT  Weekly

A man's hate sits partially illuminated by sunlight on a table.
Fiction

Infinite Absence (an excerpt)

July 10, 2025 |Ronald Ribman
A collage of covers from the albums discussed below
Culture

The Japanese Shoegaze Revival

July 09, 2025 |Toby Isaac
Elena Poniatowska and the cover to her book The Women of Mexico's Cultural Renaissance
Book Reviews

Elena Poniatowska’s Portraits of Post-Revolutionary Mexican Writers and Artists Prove That She, Too, Is a Truly Exceptional Figure

July 08, 2025 |Ryan Long
A nebula in deep space
Poetry

We Count Humans by the Dead

June 24, 2025 |Geet Chaturvedi
Karen Fang with the cover to her book Background Artist
Interviews

Tyrus Wong’s Visionary Bicultural Aesthetic: A Conversation with Karen Fang

June 20, 2025 |Susan Blumberg-Kason
A graphic showing the "Delhi in the Anthropocene" cover illustration depicting interspecies cohabitation in the Delhi cityscape
News and Events

Ananke and WLT Host “Delhi in the Anthropocene” Conversation on June 30

June 19, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
A collage of the cover to Asaad Zohrabi’s The Age of Lonelinesses
Book Reviews

A Novelist from the Kurdish City of Earring: Asaad Zohrabi’s The Age of Lonelinesses

June 18, 2025 |Zakarya Bezdoode
Chibueze Darlington Anuonye with the cover to his book Unbound
Essay

The Literary Interventions of Chibueze Darlington Anuonye

June 17, 2025 |Ugochukwu Anadị
Looking up into a green canopy, laced with serpentine and curved branches.
Poetry

WLT Student Translation Prize – Poetry

June 13, 2025 |Simone Lappert
The finalists for the 2026 Neustadt Prize. Text reads: 2026 Neustadt Prize for International Literature Finalists.
News and Events

World Literature Today Announces Finalists for the 2026 Neustadt Prize

June 11, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
An unamde bed, bathed in light from a nearby window
Fiction

WLT Student Translation Prize – Prose

June 09, 2025 |Lo Yu
The cover to Nissim Ezekiel: Poet & Father
Book Reviews

Remembering Nissim Ezekiel, Indian-Jewish Writer

June 04, 2025 |Candice Louisa Daquin
Kristen Arnett and the cover to her book Stop Me If You've Heard This One
Interviews

Finding What’s Hiding Underneath: A Conversation with Kristen Arnett

June 03, 2025 |Debbie Ou
An illustration of a fountain pen leaking a plume of deep space. Text reads: Neustadt Lit Fest. Celebrating excellence and achievement in YA lit. October 20-22, 2025. 2025 NSK Prize winner Cherie Dimaline
News and Events

2025 Neustadt Poster Contest Winners Announced

May 30, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
A CD player sits exposed in a pile of burning rubble
Fiction

Tempestuously, with Great Vehemence

May 29, 2025 |Anja Kapunkt
A black and white photograph looking up at the sky through a chain link fence topped with barbed wire
Book Reviews

Sacrifices for the Truth: On Kenyan Writer Abdilatif Abdallah

May 27, 2025 |Sanya Osha