WLT  Weekly

The covers to Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead, When Death Takes Something from You, and the Memory Police
News and Events

2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature Longlist Announced

September 17, 2019 |
A photograph of writer Monique Troung juxtaposed with the cover to her book The Sweetest Fruits
Interviews

“Between the Facts”: A Conversation with Monique Truong

September 17, 2019 |
Neustadt Lit Fest: Celebrating Excellence and Diversity in YA Lit. October 15 through 17 2019 with 2019 NSK Prize Winner Margarita Engle
News and Events

Three OU Visual Communication students awarded for their designs for the 2019 Neustadt Lit Festival

September 13, 2019 |
A feather, cast in silver, rests in a velvet lined box
The Once Over

The 1969 Neustadt Prize Charter

September 13, 2019 |
A black and white photo of protesters, mostly female, throwing glitter bombs, which are highlighted in red
Eye on Culture

We Will Not Let Each Other Go

September 06, 2019 |
A black and white photo of Naja Marie Aidt juxtaposed with the cover to her book When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back
Interviews

Holding Death in Our First Breath: A Conversation with Naja Marie Aidt

September 05, 2019 |
A young boy pauses on his bicycle on a gravel road with the sun either rising or setting behind a makeshift wall
Poetry

Three Poems from Kurdistan

September 03, 2019 |
Interviews

Reimagining Folktales, But for the Ear: A Conversation with Mahsuda Snaith

August 30, 2019 |
The cover to Natalia Ginzburg's book The Dry Heart and Happiness, as Such
Book Reviews

The Fiction of Natalia Ginzburg: “We’re All Unreliable and Broken”

August 21, 2019 |
The logo for the APEX award juxtaposed with the cover to the May 2018 issue of WLT
News and Events

World Literature Today Wins APEX award

August 21, 2019 |
The cover to Andrew Hui's A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter superimposed over an ancient Chinese text
Book Reviews

On the Brink of Silence

August 20, 2019 |
The covers to three books highlighted in the post (Jacob's Ladder, History: A Mess, and The Wind that Lays Waste)
Lit Lists

Celebrating Women in Translation Month: New Translations by Women from around the Globe

August 15, 2019 |
A photo of Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith
Interviews

Recalling and Reimagining Vietnam: A Conversation with Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith

August 12, 2019 |
A photo of Joy Harjo juxtaposed with the cover to her book An American Sunrise
Book Reviews

Joy Harjo’s Mo(u)rning in America

August 12, 2019 |
A photo of Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Interviews

Writing to Uganda: A Conversation with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

August 06, 2019 |
Literary Activism
Lit Lists

50 Years of Literary Activism: The WLT Readers’ Poll

August 01, 2019 |