WLT  Weekly

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Book Reviews

Finding Freedom amidst Climate Collapse: Jem Bendell’s Breaking Together

June 15, 2023 |Simona Vaitkute
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Poetry

Two Poems from Brazil

June 14, 2023 |Ana Martins Marques
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Fiction

Things That Disappear (an excerpt)

June 13, 2023 |Jung Yong-jun
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Essay

The Lesson of Peace Club

June 08, 2023 |Vlada Teper
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Fiction

WLT Student Translation Prize – Prose

|Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
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Poetry

WLT Student Translation Prize – Poetry

June 06, 2023 |Kristín Ómarsdóttir
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News and Events

World Literature Today Announces 2023 Student Translation Prize Winners

May 31, 2023 |WLT
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Interviews

The Presence of the Past in Good Night, Irene: A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea

May 30, 2023 |Renee H. Shea
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News and Events

World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

May 25, 2023 |WLT
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Interviews

The Limits of Fact and Explanation: A Conversation with Suzanne Berne

May 24, 2023 |Renee H. Shea
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Culture

Omar: An Opera of the Past and Present

|Marame Gueye
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Creative Nonfiction

Old Cars

May 04, 2023 |Marlene Olin
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News and Events

Share the Joy of Giving—and Receiving—Books as Gifts

May 02, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
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Poetry

Before the Eyes of the World

April 27, 2023 |Anna Frajlich
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News and Events

Jury Announced for the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

April 26, 2023 |WLT
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Poetry

We Live Without Touch

April 18, 2023 |Alexander Badkhen