WLT  Weekly

Eybers’s poem “Taalles” (Language Lesson) on the wall of the Anne Frank School in Leiden / Source: Wikimedia
On Translation

An Afrikaans Poet in Amsterdam: Translating Elisabeth Eybers

February 27, 2017 |
Owlie by Bartosz Bochynski, FUTUMATA / London, England
Lit Lists

PEN’s 2017 literary award winners, a 75-year overdue library book, and more

February 24, 2017 |
Bunches and Bits {Karina}, “Sepia,” November 2009
On Translation

Contemporary Faces of the River Merchant’s Wife

February 21, 2017 |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ta-Neihisi Coates in conversation at AWP / Photo: Alexandra Goodman
From the Road

Three Takeaways from AWP 2017

February 20, 2017 |
Person wearing a hat and laying in green grass reading a book.
Lit Lists

World literature at #AWP17, 10 libraries with gardens, and more

February 17, 2017 |
Doron Rabinovici, Photograph © Marko Lipuš
Book Reviews

Longing for a Homeland: A Review of Elsewhere, by Doron Rabinovici

February 15, 2017 |
The Free Minds book club and writing workshop at AWP empowered young inmates to “write new chapters in their lives.” Said Nokomis, “Free Minds encouraged me to be a better writer . . . to be a bigger person . . . to be unlimited.” / Courtesy of @awpwriter
From the Road

World Literature at the Vanguard: A Report from the 2017 AWP Conference

February 13, 2017 |
A library full of books
Lit Lists

The 2017 AWP Conference, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s reading habits, and more

February 10, 2017 |
World Literature Today staff photo
News and Events

World Literature Today Shortlisted for an International Excellence Award in Translation

February 08, 2017 |
Seb, “Gilded/Glider,” Amsterdam, October 8, 2008
Poetry

Three Dutch Poems

February 08, 2017 |
An immigrant in the Dulles International Airpot, Jan. 28, 2017.
Current Events

The Failure of Misanthropy

February 06, 2017 |
Open book with gold edges on the pages
Lit Lists

A tribute to Bharati Mukherjee, America’s multilingual culture, and more

February 03, 2017 |
Still from the Netflix adaptation of The Little Prince (2015), directed by Mark Osborn
On Translation

The Matter of Forking Consequences: Translating Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince

January 31, 2017 |
Latin American Literature Today logo
News and Events

Introducing Latin American Literature Today

January 31, 2017 |
Book covers for George Orwell's book 1984
Lit Lists

Little Free Library’s Action Book Club, 1984’s resurgence, and more

January 27, 2017 |
Antti T. Nissinen, “Untitled” (spirit level), May 25, 2011
Poetry

Four Poems from Afrikaans

January 25, 2017 |