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A photograph of Katie Gee Salisbury with the cover to her book Not Your China Girl

The Many Worlds of Anna May Wong: A Conversation with Katie Gee Salisbury

February 22, 2024 |Susan Blumberg-Kason

A photograph of Hwang Bo-reum with the cover to her book Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

10 Questions for Hwang Bo-reum

February 20, 2024 |Michelle Johnson

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Hygge

February 06, 2024 |Veronica Esposito

A black and white painting, mostly abstract, made up of elements that look like Arabic writing

A Bilingual Franco-Moroccan Poem

January 31, 2024 |Kebir M. Ammi

A painting of a dog standing on a cloud

When Dogs Could Talk: Among Words in a State of Grace

January 30, 2024 |N. Scott Momaday

A picture of Ujjal Dosanjh with the cover to his book, The Past is Never Dead

Dalits and Caste Prejudice in Ujjal Dosanjh’s The Past Is Never Dead

January 29, 2024 |Rajiv Thind

A simple white line drawing of a woman's body on a black canvas

Creative Nonfiction

Storying the Body

January 17, 2024 |Stevi L. Smith

The cover to Redolent Rush

A Rush of Indian Stories: A Review of Redolent Rush

January 09, 2024 |Dustin Pickering

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North Star

December 20, 2023 |Alberto Chimal

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Here I Am, Lord: The Devotional Art of Maryam Lamei

December 18, 2023 |Yahia Lababidi

A black and white illustration of a hand emerging from the ground with a string tied to one extended finger that leads to a kite in the sky above

A Bilingual Poem from Gaza

December 14, 2023 |Refaat Alareer

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Creative Nonfiction

Strange Scrawls

December 13, 2023 |Connor Lee McLean

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News and Events

Announcing WLT’s 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominees

December 12, 2023 |Daniel Simon

A photograph of Miho Kinnas along with the cover to her book Waiting for Sunset to Bury Red Camellias

Poet, Translator, Mirror: A Conversation with Miho Kinnas

December 06, 2023 |Renee H. Shea

The covers to ten books from the Notable Translations list below

75 Notable Translations 2023

December 05, 2023 |Michelle Johnson

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Creative Nonfiction

Things the Puppy Eats

November 30, 2023 |Marlene Olin

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