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Kafka

Retranslating Kafka

February 26, 2013 |

Untranslatable words for love, the 2013 World Voices Festival lineup, and more

February 22, 2013 |

Words for Thought

Stranger Than Nonfiction—A Look at the Online Homework Racket

February 21, 2013 |

New Books in Translation

Four Languages, Five New Translations

February 19, 2013 |

Saving Aramaic, a slam on poetry slams, and a literary love affair

February 15, 2013 |

Frozen heart

Love Gone Wrong: The Universal Language of Emotional Destruction

February 12, 2013 |

Translating Lincoln

February 12, 2013 |

Global Girl Power

February 11, 2013 |

Caldecott and Newbery medals, arbitrary grammar, and literary board games

February 08, 2013 |

News and Events

WLT’s readership rises beyond 281,000 in 2012

February 05, 2013 |

Stack of books

Countering the Doom-mongers

February 04, 2013 |

Man Booker Prize, Graywolf Press’ new website, and procrastination

February 01, 2013 |

Helsinki in winter

Travels in Literature

Destination: Helsinki

January 30, 2013 |

New translation imprints, Scotland’s StAnza Festival, and bad writing advice from good writers

January 25, 2013 |

Travels in Translation: Oslo, Norway

January 18, 2013 |

Trends in digital publishing, lit award announcements, and Japanese classics

January 18, 2013 |

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