WLT  Weekly

Like a Fading Shadow
On Translation

New July Translations

July 11, 2017 |
Gary Burke, “Remembering 9/11,” September 11, 2014
Poetry

Two Poems for the Fourth of July

July 04, 2017 |
Wally Gobetz, “Unisphere,” Corona Park, Flushing Meadows, New York, June 4, 2006
Cultural Cross Sections

Songs of My Foreign Accent

July 03, 2017 |
9 3/4 Sign from Harry Potter
Lit Lists

Alain Mabanckou’s six favorite books, the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter, and more

June 30, 2017 |
Mathias Énard / Photo © Marc Melki / Courtesy of New Directions
Book Reviews

The Needle Always Points East in Mathias Énard’s Compass

June 28, 2017 |
Robert Creeley (1972) / Photo by Elsa Dorfman
On Translation

Translating Robert Creeley into Russian

June 27, 2017 |
The Parthenon of Books behind the Museum Fridericianum
Lit Lists

A “Parthenon of Books” at the site of Nazi book burning, Laleh Khadivi on how people are radicalized, and more

June 23, 2017 |
Luis de Miranda
On Translation

Around the World in 88 Languages: A Conversation with Luis de Miranda

June 20, 2017 |
Eros Bendato (Eros bound), bronze, 1999, by Igor Mitoraj, Kraków, Poland / Photo by Val Kerry
Poetry

A Poem from Bangladesh

June 19, 2017 |
Person reading a book outside on green grass.
Lit Lists

New US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, Maaza Mengiste on the sophomore novel, and more

June 16, 2017 |
Rich, “On a Saturday Afternoon” (on the road from Royal, Nebraska, to the Ashfall Fossil Beds), May 25, 2013
Poetry

Two Poems

June 14, 2017 |
Sherman Alexie doing a lively reading of his children’s book Thunder Boy Jr. on the ASU Tempe campus.
Lit Lists

A new short story by Sherman Alexie, Bob Dylan’s Nobel acceptance speech, and more

June 09, 2017 |
Incognito by Biljana Obradovic
Book Reviews

Casting the Wanderer’s Eye in Biljana Obradović’s Incognito

June 07, 2017 |
Starling murmuration. Photo by Airwolfhound/Flickr
On Translation

A New “Murmuration” Among Translators: The Starling Bureau

June 06, 2017 |
Brian Doyle. Photo by Sam Beebe/Flickr
Lit Lists

A tribute to Brian Doyle, Sherman Alexie’s new memoir, and more

June 02, 2017 |
Tanure Ojaide / Urhobo Historical Society
Book Reviews

Assuming the Minstrel’s Mantle in Tanure Ojaide’s Songs of Myself

May 31, 2017 |