WLT  Weekly

Marilyn Nelson, 2017 NSK Prize laureate
Lit Lists

The 2017 NSK Prize laureate, Peter Orner on loneliness, and more

November 04, 2016 |
All the Light We Cannot See
Lit Lists

Four Books about Hope and Optimism

November 01, 2016 |
Karen Wild Díaz / courtesy of Actionyes.org
The Once Over

About Forgetting: The Tale of the Zombie Poem

October 31, 2016 |
Marilyn Nelson
News and Events

Marilyn Nelson Announced as 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature Winner

October 29, 2016 |
Neustadt Festival promo graphic
News and Events

Attend the Neustadt Festival This Week, Oct. 26-28

October 24, 2016 |
Man reading a book by a window
Lit Lists

WLT wins a 2016 Governor’s Arts Award, Mary Oliver’s “full-throated” spiritual autobiography, and more

October 21, 2016 |
George Lynn Cross (left) interviewing Roy Temple House
News and Events

WLT’s 90th Anniversary Week!

October 19, 2016 |
Bob Dylan image
Lit Lists

Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, how poetry and math overlap, and more

October 14, 2016 |
Judit Urquijo Pagazaurtundua, “Estación de buses,” Sri Lanka, September 2011
Cultural Cross Sections

Sri Lankan History and Literature Deserve a Place in Our Classrooms

October 12, 2016 |
Berlin
Travels in Literature

Destination: Berlin

October 10, 2016 |
Cup of coffee next to a book
Lit Lists

The National Book Award Finalists, loving your mother tongue, and more

October 07, 2016 |
The Coming, by Daniel Black
Book Reviews

Reimagining the Unthinkable: A Review of The Coming, by Daniel Black

October 05, 2016 |
The translation of The Diamond Sutra by Kumārajīva of the Yao Ch’in dynasty
Poetry

Two Poems from the Hindi

October 04, 2016 |
George Hart, Orb, 24x24x24 inches, laser-cut wood, 2014.
On Translation

“Bearing Across” in Patterns of Asymmetry: On Translating Geet Chaturvedi

October 04, 2016 |
Book with a cup tea and fall leaves
Lit Lists

Censorship that targets “diverse” books, Rabih Alameddine’s Twitter feed, and more

September 30, 2016 |
A refugee’s shoes are worn, wet, and muddy after a long journey. These shoes are owned by Ali, a Yazidi refugee who traveled from Iraq to Preševo, Serbia, to avoid persecution (photo by Meabh Smith / Trócaire).
Poetry

Two Poems from Syria

September 27, 2016 |