WLT  Weekly

DOKK1 library in Aarhus, Denmark interior. Photo by Zorro2212/Wikimedia
Lit Lists

Denmark’s library of the future, Alejandro Zambra’s challenge to the literary genre, and more

September 02, 2016 |
Ignacio Padilla (date unknown) / Source: Ibero 90.9
Literary Tributes

The Short-Story Physicist: A Tribute to Ignacio Padilla

August 31, 2016 |
On the Mexico City subway (2016) / Still from a film by Carolina Rueda
On Translation

Surrealism on the Subway: Translating “Universidad–Indios Verdes” by Arturo Gutiérrez Plaza

August 30, 2016 |
Lit Lists

NEA Literary Translation Fellowship recipients, Cuba’s thriving sci-fi, and more

August 26, 2016 |
Amit Majmudar
Interviews

Poet, Radiologist, and 007 Wannabe: A Conversation with Amit Majmudar, Ohio’s First Poet Laureate

August 22, 2016 |
Stacks of books in a room with a window
Lit Lists

A book revolution in Somalia, reading Brazil, and more

August 18, 2016 |
Car lights at night.
Fiction

An Archangel Named Gabriel

August 17, 2016 |
I'll Sell You a Dog
On Translation

New Translations in August

August 16, 2016 |
From the Carl Albert Center Congressional Resources Center. Wilburn Cartwright Collection, Photographs Series, Box 2, Item 191
Lit Lists

The end of a Franz Kafka legal battle, how to receive criticism, and more

August 12, 2016 |
The Incarnations by Susan Barker, and The Red Violin
Cultural Cross Sections

The Cultural Revolution as Subnarrative

August 10, 2016 |
Portuguese Library in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Lauro Maia/Flickr
Lit Lists

Rio’s Olympic book donations, the Man Booker’s effect on small presses, and more

August 05, 2016 |
Tujia shamans / Courtesy of Fang Qi
Fiction

Elegy of a River Shaman (an excerpt)

August 03, 2016 |
Life in Peacetime
Book Reviews

Bridging the Black Water: A Review of Life in Peacetime, by Bhisham Bherwani

August 01, 2016 |
Stack of books
Lit Lists

2016 Man Booker Prize longlist, Hemingway look-alikes, and more

July 29, 2016 |
Mohammadali F., “Daffodils,” Tehran, 2009
Poetry

Four Love Poems from Iran

July 27, 2016 |
Radio Atlas screencapture
Lit Lists

If writers billed by the hour, a new interview with Etgar Keret, and more

July 22, 2016 |