WLT  Weekly

A collage of photographs of the Neustadt finalists for 2024.
News and Events

World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

May 25, 2023 |WLT
A photograph of author Suzanne Berne, who smiles at the viewer
Interviews

The Limits of Fact and Explanation: A Conversation with Suzanne Berne

May 24, 2023 |Renee H. Shea
A scene from the play Omar. A man in African garb stands at the base of an immense tree, surrounded by others seated at his feet. The backdrop behind them is covered in projected Arabic text.
Culture

Omar: An Opera of the Past and Present

|Marame Gueye
A photograph of a Chevy Suburban covered in snow
Creative Nonfiction

Old Cars

May 04, 2023 |Marlene Olin
An illustration featuring a tiny female figure receiving a bird. The pair are wreathed by plants on every side.
News and Events

Share the Joy of Giving—and Receiving—Books as Gifts

May 02, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
A photograph of a metal fittings with holes cut into them that resemble human faces
Poetry

Before the Eyes of the World

April 27, 2023 |Anna Frajlich
Photos of the 2024 Neustadt Jury. Text reads: Announcing the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature Jurors
News and Events

Jury Announced for the 2024 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

April 26, 2023 |WLT
A photograph of a pipe with ice emerging from it, shot from below
Poetry

We Live Without Touch

April 18, 2023 |Alexander Badkhen
A photograph of Mia Couto
Interviews

Translating Not Just Languages but Worlds: A Conversation with Mia Couto

April 13, 2023 |Anderson Tepper
A photograph of a man standing with his hands in his front pants pockets looking at the viewer. He's standing on a narrow road between two buildings.
Book Reviews

A Lesson for Dr. Freud: Dominique Fabre’s Psychoanalysis of the Everyday and Everyman

April 10, 2023 |Alice-Catherine Carls
A photograph of Nicole Chung sitting in front of a red brick wall. She is looking off into the distance.
Interviews

Finding “Enough”: A Conversation with Nicole Chung

April 04, 2023 |Renee H. Shea
A digitally manipulated image of a young African American boy sitting on the Earth in space with flowers springing up all around him. The moon sits in the background. A detail from Terence Hammonds (American, born 1976), Hope, 2022, HD print on aluminum, 24 x 18 in.
Culture

Creating Monuments to Radical Acts of Love: A Conversation with Artist Terence Hammonds

March 29, 2023 |Michelle Johnson
A shadowy black and white photograph of a mirror with windows reflected in it. Photo by Wilhelm Gunkel / Unsplash.
Book Reviews

A Leningrad Underworld: Polina Barskova’s Living Pictures

March 27, 2023 |Sibelan Forrester
A photograph of a sign. One one arrow, text reads: Corona. On another, text reads: Lockdown.
Lit Lists

Lockdown in Literature

March 20, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
A photograph looking down on a young woman who is laying in the grass, eyes closed. Photo by Amy Treasure on Unsplash.
Book Reviews

Somnolent Souls Dreaming of Eternity: The Poetry of Alexander Veytsman

March 15, 2023 |Benjamin Rifkin
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Poetry

Two Polish American Poems

March 13, 2023 |Piotr Florczyk