WLT  Weekly

PEN America
News and Events

Deadline Feb 1: Submit to PEN’s Awards for Translation

January 16, 2013 |
Bar
Words for Thought

Tolstoy, Kafka, Milgram, and Meatballs

January 14, 2013 |
Lit Lists

The year in review, best literary feuds of 2012, and the Man Asian shortlist

January 11, 2013 |
Cultural Cross Sections

“Gangnam Style”: Crossing Over in the New World

January 09, 2013 |
Tigris River
Words for Thought

Surrendering to the Unsaid

January 07, 2013 |
WLT in Reviews 2012
Lit Lists

2012 in Book Reviews

December 20, 2012 |
Lit Lists

Tribute to teachers, poet James Franco, and a book-cover contest

December 21, 2012 |
Courtroom Gavel
The Once Over

Lawyers “Going Crazy” with Language

December 20, 2012 |
WLT's 75 Notable Translations 2012
On Translation

WLT’s 75 Notable Translations 2012

December 18, 2012 |
News and Events

WLT executive director RC Davis discusses Mo Yan in recent Beijing radio broadcast

December 14, 2012 |
Lit Lists

Mo Yan's acceptance speech, Atwood on zombies, and meeting Nihad Sirees

December 14, 2012 |
Barcode on an issue of WLT
The Once Over

Ideas of Order

December 13, 2012 |
Mo-Yan-Trailer
News and Events

Creating the Animated Trailer for Mo Yan’s Sandalwood Death

December 12, 2012 |
Lit Lists

Snubbing poetry, the tortured genius myth, and the dangers of reading in bed

December 07, 2012 |
Cultural Cross Sections

Discovering a Long-overlooked Literary Culture in Tibet

December 06, 2012 |
The Perfect American
On Translation

New Books in Translation

December 04, 2012 |