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Fiction

Tempestuously, with Great Vehemence

May 29, 2025 |Anja Kapunkt
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Sacrifices for the Truth: On Kenyan Writer Abdilatif Abdallah

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

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

May 21, 2025 |Lala Mammadova
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May 19, 2025 |Serkan Gӧrkemli
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On Translation

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May 15, 2025 |Todd Foley
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May 07, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
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Yannis Ritsos’s Exercises of the Imagination

May 07, 2025 |Frank G. Karioris
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Kwame Dawes: Profile of an Editor

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April 25, 2025 |Kathryn Savage
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Why Plays Should Be Seen—and Read

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