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The winning translators and translated authors in a tiled image

News and Events

Winners of the Second Annual World Literature Today Translation Prize Announced

May 22, 2019 |

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José Manuel Cardona’s Orphic Aubade

May 21, 2019 |

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The Public Scribe

May 16, 2019 |

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A Poem from Mexico

May 14, 2019 |

Photos of Ahmad Shamlou and Niloufar Talebi juxtaposed on a crimson background

Ahmad Shamlou on the World Stage: A Conversation with Niloufar Talebi

May 09, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

Can You Imagine a Childhood Without Good Stories?

May 08, 2019 |

An older man in a hard hat and work coveralls appears as if he is speaking in a highly industrial location

Cultural Cross Sections

Songs of Protest from Bisbee and Los Gatos

May 07, 2019 |

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News and Events

World Literature Today Increasing Amount of NSK Neustadt Prize

May 07, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

The Matryoshka Dolls in My Head (an excerpt)

May 02, 2019 |

A painting of a pomegranate still on the branch done al fresco on an ancient and cracking wall

Persephone, Demeter, and Light from the Underworld: A Conversation with Poet Sarah McKinstry-Brown

April 30, 2019 |

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Two Poems for Pascha

April 25, 2019 |

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Far-Reaching Minimalism: A Conversation with Sara Mesa

April 23, 2019 |

The cover to Carne de mi carne: Antología de cuento overlaid on a photo of editor María Negroni

Daughters of Prometheus: A Latin American Frankenstein

April 18, 2019 |

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Cultural Cross Sections

Malaysian English Writing Today

April 16, 2019 |

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News and Events

Calling All Readers: What’s Your Must-Read Book on Climate Change?

April 12, 2019 |

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Two Pakistani American Poems

April 11, 2019 |

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