WLT  Weekly

A photograph of translator Yasmine Seale
Interviews

“Wild Irreverence”: A Conversation about Arabic Translation with Yasmine Seale

August 31, 2020 |Veronica Esposito
A photograph of Karlos Hill juxtaposed with the cover to his book, The Murder of Emmett Till
Interviews

A Conversation with Karlos K. Hill about The Murder of Emmett Till

August 27, 2020 |Daniel Simon
A photograph of a stained glass window from inside a darkened room with the color and light through the window projecting on to the floor
Black Voices

Notes from the Field

August 26, 2020 |Jehan L. Roberson
A photograph of author David Bellos juxtaposed with a logo for the Neustadt Lit Fest
Interviews

The Festival Five with Author and Translator David Bellos

August 25, 2020 |The Editors of WLT
A colorful photograph of deep space
Black Voices

Think of Me, Laughing

August 19, 2020 |Major Jackson
A bread vendor sits next to her piles of bread heaped on a bicycle on a stone plaza in winter
Pandemic Dispatches

The Parable of the Bread

August 18, 2020 |Juan Villoro
A photograph of Blake Butler juxtaposed with the cover to his book, Alice Knott
Book Reviews

Blake Butler’s Nasty Alice Knott

August 17, 2020 |J. David Osborne
A coil of motion picture film is coming uncoiled
Fiction

The Story of a Dreamy Sky

August 13, 2020 |Liyanage Amarakeerthi
A black and white photograph of a person jogging toward the camera on a long suspension bridge
Black Voices

Running

August 13, 2020 |Ashia Ajani
Logo: Text reads "Celebrating 50 Years of the Neustadt Prize. 1970-2020"
News and Events

University of Oklahoma’s Neustadt Prize Announces Its 50-Year Anniversary

August 12, 2020 |
A photo of Richard van Leeuwen juxtaposed with the cover to his book HdO
Interviews

Arabic Literature and Antiquarian Bookshops: A Conversation with Richard van Leeuwen

August 10, 2020 |Alex Crayon
A close up photograph of the texture of a teal cloth
Black Voices

There Is No Scar, Only Absence

August 05, 2020 |Saddiq Dzukogi
A figure clad in swimming shorts with an American flag on them faces away from the camera and is poised to jump into a natural swimming hole
Essay

A Fistful of Dollars

July 29, 2020 |Carlos Lechuga
A photographer of photographer John Willis juxtaposed with the cover to his book Mni Wiconi
Book Reviews

Mni Wiconi / Water Is Life: Photographer John Willis Honors the Water Protectors at Standing Rock and Their Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty

July 29, 2020 |Skuya Zephier
A closeup photograph of a head of kale
Black Voices

Ode to Kale

July 22, 2020 |Hope Wabuke
A Kashmiri village, swaddled in snow and ice
Essay

My Father’s Sawmill

July 20, 2020 |Feroz Rather