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The cover to Ukraine, A Nation on the Borderlands by Karl Schlögel

Ukraine in the Spotlight

January 14, 2020 |

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Pop Star Poet: The Lyrics of Lana Del Rey

January 08, 2020 |

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Hiding the Body: My Susan Sontag Story

January 07, 2020 |

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Between Two Moments, Literature and Life: A Conversation with Miguel Ángel Hernández

January 07, 2020 |

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Hindustani Musalmaan: An Indian Muslim

January 06, 2020 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

Where the Butterflies Are: Singapore, Montpelier

December 19, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

A Tale of Two Cities

December 18, 2019 |

An open book written in Arabic, mostly shrouded in shadow

A Poem for World Arabic Language Day

December 17, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

Telling the Story of Hong Kong

December 17, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

A Residency in Banff

December 12, 2019 |

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Joy Harjo’s “Eagle Poem” Translated into Arabic

December 11, 2019 |

The covers to Ludmila Ulitskaya's Jacob's Ladder, Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police, and Zahia Rahmani's Muslim: A Novel

News and Events

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2019

December 10, 2019 |

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News and Events

Announcing WLT’s 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominees

December 09, 2019 |

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Wagering on Love in Zeruya Shalev’s Pain

December 05, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

One Week in Reykjavík

December 03, 2019 |

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What Happened in the Halle Synagogue Attack?

November 26, 2019 |

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