WLT  Weekly

Mahreen Sohail with the cover to her book Small Scale Sinners
Interviews

Crafting Stories and Sinful Pleasures: A Conversation with Mahreen Sohail

September 17, 2025 |Keija Parssinen
Mirza Alakbar Sabir and the first issue of Molla Nasreddin
On Translation

Mirza Alakbar Sabir: An Azerbaijani Poet-Satirist in Translation

September 16, 2025 |Lala Mammadova
A tile collage of the cover to Pioneer Summer
On Translation

Ten Translations (and Counting) of Pioneer Summer: Approaches and Techniques

September 15, 2025 |Anne O. Fisher
The cover to Water
Book Reviews

Water: Haleh Liza Gafori’s Rumi for Our Times

September 11, 2025 |Mina Raminsabet
Venita Blackburn with the cover to her book How to Wrestle a Girl
Interviews

Writing for Yourself First: A Conversation with Venita Blackburn

September 10, 2025 |Hunter Liguore
The cover to Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's book Kaleidoscope of Life
Book Reviews

The Post-Partition Kaleidoscope of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s Stories

September 09, 2025 |Gargi Dutta
A tile collage of the cover to Pioneer Summer
News and Events

OU’s Romanoff Center and WLT Host Event on LGBTQ+ Representation in Russia

September 04, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
Dina Nayeri with the cover to her book The Ungrateful Refugee
Essay

No Safe Place to Say Thank You: Ambivalence and Belonging in Dina Nayeri’s The Ungrateful Refugee

September 03, 2025 |César Andrés Caicedo
The author Mel Pennant and a copy of her book jacket, A Murder for Miss Hortense
Interviews

“Never hang your head, girl child, raise it up high like a so”: A Conversation with Mel Pennant

September 02, 2025 |Renee H. Shea
A medical bag with a stethoscope and an otolaryngioscope visible
Essay

Taking Stock: On Ferdinando Camon

August 29, 2025 |Patrick Autréaux
A collage of Wolf Totem book covers in translation
On Translation

Translating Ecology and Identity: How Wolf Totem Became a Global Environmental Parable

August 28, 2025 |Qiang Pi
A cup of coffee with stylized cream
Essay

To Resist a Dictatorship of the Absurd, an American Turns to Václav Havel

August 27, 2025 |Erik Gleibermann
A collage of Marc Alyn's book covers
Essay

“Whipped by the Angel’s Wings”: French Writer Marc Alyn at the Pinnacle of His Career

August 25, 2025 |Alice-Catherine Carls
The covers to the books discussed below
Lit Lists

Not Gone, Just Busy Translating Women

August 21, 2025 |The Third Coast Translators Collective
Eleanor Wilner with the covers to her books The Girl with Bees in Her Hair and Before Our Eyes
Interviews

Six Decades of Visionary Imagination: A Conversation with Eleanor Wilner

August 20, 2025 |Chibueze Darlington Anuonye
A collage of the books discussed below
Essay

Palestinian Novelist Sahar Khalifeh: Exploring the Nakba and Gender Politics in Palestine

August 19, 2025 |Fakhri Saleh