WLT  Weekly

Haleh Liza Gafori and the cover to Water by Rumi
News and Events

World Literature Today to Host Persian-themed Puterbaugh Lit Fest

January 27, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
A photo of Beena Kamlani with the cover to her book The English Problem
Book Reviews

From India to England and Back Again: Beena Kamlani’s The English Problem

January 22, 2026 | Owshnik Ghosh
Two stylized figures in traditional African dress
Book Reviews

The Invisible Craft: Rewriting Human Origins through the Botanic Age

January 21, 2026 | Samaneh Nazif
A person stands on the outskirts of an Alpine city taking a photo of it with his phone
Essay

Cocaine Mountain: The Alchemy of Algorithms

January 20, 2026 | Chelsy Lyons
A group of people stand smiling at the viewer
Interviews

Reclaiming Our Stories: How Two Oklahoma Women Are Healing Communities Through Education and Justice (Part 2—Celeste Lebak)

January 15, 2026 | Karlos K. Hill, Celeste Lebak
A woman stands beside a child as they look at a brightly colored toy in their hands
Interviews

Reclaiming Our Stories: How Two Oklahoma Women Are Healing Communities Through Education and Justice (Part 1—Kristi Williams)

January 13, 2026 | Karlos K. Hill, Kristi Williams
A dancer covers her face with her elbow as she looks up toward the ceiling
Essay

Choreographic Process: The Marrow Thieves from Page to Stage

January 08, 2026 | Alma Borges
The cover to the Shepherd's House by Olinda Beja
Book Reviews

All the Sublime and Not So Sublime Tales That Make Us: Olinda Beja’s The Shepherd’s House

January 06, 2026 | Irene Marques
A map of Gaza
Essay

The Borders We Cross

December 19, 2025 | Anna Badkhen
A tile collage of the covers to WLT in 2025
News and Events

Announcing World Literature Today’s “Best of” Nominees for 2025

December 17, 2025 | The Editors of WLT
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Fiction

Light and Melody (an excerpt)

December 16, 2025 | Cho Haejin
A collage of covers featuring A Compass on the Navigable Sea: 100 Years of World Literature, an anthology edited by WLT editor in chief Daniel Simon
News and Events

Give $100, Get a Book, Join the March

December 15, 2025 | The Editors of WLT
Adam Morgan with the cover to his book A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls
Book Reviews

Margaret C. Anderson, Modernist Heroine: Adam Morgan’s A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls

December 11, 2025 | Kristen Skillen
Covers to several of the books discussed below. Text reads: WLT's 75 Notable Translations of 2025.
Booklists

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2025

December 09, 2025 | Michelle Johnson
Theodore Ziolkowski in 2002 in front of a bookshelf
Literary Tributes

The Intellectual Venture of Theodore Ziolkowski

December 05, 2025 | Eric Ziolkowski
A young girl in South American garb is walking with a sheep along a dirt path
Fiction

Isadora Cónsac

December 04, 2025 | Edgardo Rivera Martínez