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A photograph of Ellen Adams
Interviews

Tuning into Radio You: A Conversation with Writer-Songwriter Ellen Adams

March 29, 2021 |Wendy Call
A teacher leans against the chalkboard as he speaks to the class. The first row of students can just be seen, looking up at him
Essay

“I’ll lay down my life for you all”: Poetry and Activism on the Streets of Myanmar

March 24, 2021 |James Byrne
A photograph of an older woman standing by a bench, which is itself beside a river
Literary Tributes

Remembering Nawal El Saadawi

March 24, 2021 |Adele Newson-Horst
A photograph looking over the roof line at the city of Beirut at night
Essay

My Childhood Bedroom

March 23, 2021 |Loubna El Amine
A photograph of Adam Zagajewski juxtaposed with an image of a pewter feather in a wooden box. The text above reads: In Memory, Adam Zagajewski, 2004 Neustadt Laureate
Literary Tributes

Remembering Neustadt Laureate Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021)

March 22, 2021 |The Editors of WLT
A painting of a woman in a sundress, reclining on a butcher block as a dress and freshly dressed meat hangs in the background
Culture

The Protest Art of Walid Ebeid: Reflections on Four Paintings

March 22, 2021 |Yahia Lababidi
Text reads “The Tulsa Race Massacre Symposium. Reflecting on the Past. Facing the Future.” There is a photograph of the keynote speaker, Tracy K. Smith, who is identified.
News and Events

OU’s Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Symposium Runs April 8-10

March 19, 2021 |WLT
A photograph of a woman, her hand covering her mouth in a gesture of worry, stares out a window.
Culture

Where Do We Go Now with Quo Vadis, Aida?

March 18, 2021 |Adnan Mahmutović
A photograph of an outdoor installation. This detail shows one edge of a series of low, concentric walls, the interiors in shadow, with a tall arc standing in the background
Pandemic Dispatches

Between Poetry and Enchantment: The Sculptures of Italo Lanfredini

March 17, 2021 |Alice-Catherine Carls
A photograph of Kaushik Barua bookended by the covers to his books Wind Horse and No Direction Rome
Interviews

The Tibetan Resistance Movement and Windhorse: In Conversation with Kaushik Barua

March 15, 2021 |Koushik Goswami
An organized desk with books and papers on it
News and Events

Call for an Africa / African Diaspora Co-Editor for the Best Translations Anthology

March 10, 2021 |The Editors of WLT
A photograph of Stephanie McKenzie, sitting in an armless chair in a natural setting, while holding a bowed instrument upright in the lap
Interviews

The Writer as Traveler and the Gift of Prismatic Vision: An Interview with Stephanie McKenzie

March 09, 2021 |Tom Halford
A photo of Véronique Tadjo juxtaposed with the cover to her book, In the Company of Men
Interviews

“Learning Again How to Live”: A Conversation with Ivorian Writer Véronique Tadjo

March 09, 2021 |Anderson Tepper
A photograph of Alice Catherine-Carls. Text reads: Translation as a Laboratory of Life. A Humanities Talk by Alice Catherine Carls. Thursday, March 23, 4 to 6 pm. Free and open to the public. Buskuhl Gallery, Gould Hall 130. 4 pm Rception. 4;30 pm Talk. 5:15 Audience Q&A.
News and Events

Alice-Catherine Carls to Deliver “Translation as a Laboratory for Life” Lecture

March 07, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
A photograph of translator Michael Berry juxtaposed with the cover to Fang Fang's Wuhan Diary
Interviews

Translating Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary amid the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Conversation with Michael Berry

March 02, 2021 |King Yu
A "Caution: Wet Floor" sits on a beach and is enveloped by the tide
Pandemic Dispatches

Quarantine Notes: or, Moral Aphorisms

February 24, 2021 |Yahia Lababidi