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Gangnam Style, Mo Yan, and the human brain

November 30, 2012 |

An Eight-Country Tour of Fantasy Literature

November 29, 2012 |

Urban reader

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

A Thanksgiving List of Books in Translation

November 20, 2012 |

K. Anis Ahmed

Bengali Lit in Dhaka

November 19, 2012 |

Tijuana

A Report from Tijuana’s Festival de Literatura del Noroeste

November 16, 2012 |

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

November 16, 2012 |

Barack Obama

The Postcolonial Presidency: Our Man Obama

November 14, 2012 |

The Bird That Swallowed Its Cage

New in November

November 13, 2012 |

Hurricane Sandy relief, Mo Yan's translator, and book spine poetry

November 09, 2012 |

News and Events

WLT’s 2012 Pushcart Prize Nominees

November 08, 2012 |

News and Events

WLT on Pinterest, plus the launch of our bimonthly design contest

November 07, 2012 |

Bill Clinton shaking hands with students

From Mark Antony to Bill Clinton

November 05, 2012 |

New literary awards, author visits, a zombie story by Margaret Atwood, and more

November 02, 2012 |

News and Events

Update: Winners announced for WLT Poetry Contest

November 19, 2012 |

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