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Poetry

WLT Student Translation Prize – Poetry

June 13, 2025 |Simone Lappert
The finalists for the 2026 Neustadt Prize. Text reads: 2026 Neustadt Prize for International Literature Finalists.
News and Events

World Literature Today Announces Finalists for the 2026 Neustadt Prize

June 11, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
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Fiction

WLT Student Translation Prize – Prose

June 09, 2025 |Lo Yu
The cover to Nissim Ezekiel: Poet & Father
Book Reviews

Remembering Nissim Ezekiel, Indian-Jewish Writer

June 04, 2025 |Candice Louisa Daquin
Kristen Arnett and the cover to her book Stop Me If You've Heard This One
Interviews

Finding What’s Hiding Underneath: A Conversation with Kristen Arnett

June 03, 2025 |Debbie Ou
An illustration of a fountain pen leaking a plume of deep space. Text reads: Neustadt Lit Fest. Celebrating excellence and achievement in YA lit. October 20-22, 2025. 2025 NSK Prize winner Cherie Dimaline
News and Events

2025 Neustadt Poster Contest Winners Announced

May 30, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
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Fiction

Tempestuously, with Great Vehemence

May 29, 2025 |Anja Kapunkt
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Book Reviews

Sacrifices for the Truth: On Kenyan Writer Abdilatif Abdallah

May 27, 2025 |Sanya Osha
A tile collage of Hon Lai Chu and the cover to her book Mending Bodies
Book Reviews

The Tyranny of Togetherness: Dystopia, Identity, and the Body in Hon Lai Chu’s Mending Bodies

May 22, 2025 |Tammy Lai-Ming Ho
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Book Reviews

Understanding Eastern Storytelling in Henry Lien’s Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird

May 21, 2025 |Lala Mammadova
Roohi Choudhry with the cover to her boook Outside Women
Interviews

“When You Are Outside, You Can Be That Wild Thing”: A Conversation with Roohi Choudhry

May 19, 2025 |Serkan Gӧrkemli
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On Translation

Answering New Questions: Translating Yu Hua’s City of Fiction

May 15, 2025 |Todd Foley
Fabienne Rink and Fion Tse
News and Events

World Literature Today Announces 2025 Student Translation Prize Winners

May 13, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
Amanda Hess with the cover to her book Second Life
Book Reviews

One Story Speaking to Many: Amanda Hess’s Second Life

May 12, 2025 |Marek Makowski
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Essay

How to Care for Our Longest-Living Forced Migrants

May 08, 2025 |Olga Zilberbourg
A photo collage of the jurors listed below. Text reads: Announcing the 2026 Neustadt International Prize for Literature: Jurors.
News and Events

Jury Announced for the 2026 Neustadt Prize

May 07, 2025 |The Editors of WLT