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Snubbing poetry, the tortured genius myth, and the dangers of reading in bed

December 07, 2012 |
Cultural Cross Sections

Discovering a Long-overlooked Literary Culture in Tibet

December 06, 2012 |
The Perfect American
On Translation

New Books in Translation

December 04, 2012 |
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Gangnam Style, Mo Yan, and the human brain

November 30, 2012 |
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An Eight-Country Tour of Fantasy Literature

November 29, 2012 |
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Words for Thought

A Millennial’s Defense of the Novel; or, Why Philip Roth Is Wrong

November 28, 2012 |
Words for Thought

Ssshthanks Give in: A Vietnamese Refugee Remembers His First Thanksgiving

November 21, 2012 |
Books
On Translation

A Thanksgiving List of Books in Translation

November 20, 2012 |
K. Anis Ahmed
From the Road

Bengali Lit in Dhaka

November 19, 2012 |
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A Report from Tijuana’s Festival de Literatura del Noroeste

November 16, 2012 |
Lit Lists

Tanzanian music history, translation in Finland, and a book rainbow

November 16, 2012 |
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The Postcolonial Presidency: Our Man Obama

November 14, 2012 |
The Bird That Swallowed Its Cage
On Translation

New in November

November 13, 2012 |
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Hurricane Sandy relief, Mo Yan's translator, and book spine poetry

November 09, 2012 |
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WLT’s 2012 Pushcart Prize Nominees

November 08, 2012 |
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WLT on Pinterest, plus the launch of our bimonthly design contest

November 07, 2012 |

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