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Culture

The Victory of Our Revolution Is the Final Triumph of Tahirih, Homa Darabi, and the Blue Girl

December 06, 2022 |Shokoofeh Azar
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Lit Lists

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2022

December 05, 2022 |Michelle Johnson
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Interviews

Writing as a Cocoon of Absolute Freedom: A Conversation with Pajtim Statovci and David Hackston

November 21, 2022 |Keith Brown
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Fiction

Day of the TASLA Dead

November 16, 2022 |Bruna Gomes
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Book Reviews

Frighteningly Normal: Investigating Evil in Nicola Lagioia’s La città dei vivi

November 14, 2022 |Irene Bulla
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News and Events

Panel to Discuss “Red Dirt and Brownfields: Humanities Perspectives on Ecological Restoration in Oklahoma”

October 31, 2022 |The Editors of WLT
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News and Events

Gene Luen Yang Named Winner of 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

October 24, 2022 |WLT
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Interviews

Poet-Voyager: A Conversation with Nathalie Handal

October 19, 2022 |Sherouk Zakaria
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Essay

Singing about the Coronavirus Using an Ancient Art Form: The Patuas of Bengal

October 17, 2022 |Dipika Mukherjee
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News and Events

The Best Literary Translations 2025 Anthology: Call for Submissions from Deep Vellum

November 16, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
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Interviews

The Consequences of Story: A Conversation with Manuel Muñoz

October 03, 2022 |Renee H. Shea
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Lit Lists

5 New Books for Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month

September 28, 2022 |Stevi Smith
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News and Events

World Literature Today Receives Grants from the Norman Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts

September 14, 2022 |WLT
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News and Events

Senegalese Writer Boubacar Boris Diop to Headline 2022 Neustadt Festival

September 08, 2022 |WLT
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Interviews

Learning to Be Everyone and No One: A Conversation with D. Nurkse

September 06, 2022 |Chard deNiord
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Culture

Prey: Behind the Scenes with Cinematic Comanches

August 31, 2022 |Dustin Tahmahkera