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World Literature Today Announces 2021 Neustadt Festival Poster Design Contest Winners

July 27, 2021 |WLT
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As Popular as a Soccer Star

July 22, 2021 |Peter LaSalle
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Jim Harrison’s Meatballs

July 20, 2021 |J. R. Patterson
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Art as a “Catalyst for Conversations”: A Conversation with Philbrook Curator Susan Green

July 16, 2021 |Michelle Johnson
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Book Reviews

The Marx Brothers Go to a Masked Ball: César Aira’s Lugones

July 15, 2021 |Will H. Corral
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Essay

Emmanuel Carrère’s Dark Places

July 14, 2021 |Felipe Restrepo Pombo
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Essay

Meeting Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021): A Remembrance

July 13, 2021 |Sylvia Petter
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Pandemic Dispatches

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July 07, 2021 |Michael Don
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Essay

In Ruins: Reflections beyond Kuwait

July 07, 2021 |Mai Al-Nakib
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July 15 Symposium to Highlight ‘Palestine Voices’

July 06, 2021 |WLT
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Interviews

Poetry as Untelling: A Conversation with M. NourbeSe Philip

June 28, 2021 |Philip Metres
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21 Books for the 21st Century: The Results of Our Readers’ Poll

June 28, 2021 |The Editors of WLT
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Introducing WLT Book Buzz!

June 24, 2021 |The Editors of WLT
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Fiction

WLT Student Translation Prize – Prose by Albertine M. Itela

June 24, 2021 |Albertine M. Itela
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Will I Be Strong Enough for You? Nasim Marashi’s I’ll Be Strong for You

June 22, 2021 |Babak Mazloumi
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Fiction

For the Child’s Sake

June 22, 2021 |Tove Ditlevsen

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