WLT  Weekly

A painting by Manet where a firing squad shoot the former emperor Maximillian
Book Reviews

A Complex and Character-Driven History: Edward Shawcross’s Last Emperor of Mexico

July 05, 2023 | Juliette Bretan
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Essay

The Braschian Wave: All the Solitude of an Empire in a Bottle Thrown into the Sea

June 29, 2023 | Carlos Labbé
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Creative Nonfiction

The Little Despairs of Despedidas

June 28, 2023 | Andrew Zubiri
A photograph of a statue taken from down low with the sun's halo encircling the head
Poetry

Fictional Translations: Pablo Neruda’s “Oda al actor”

June 27, 2023 | Ilan Stavans
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Essay

Mothers Inc. (an excerpt)

June 21, 2023 | Kat Meads
A photograph of Dottie Neustadt
Literary Tributes

Tribute to a Grand Lady: Dolores K. Neustadt (1928–2023)

June 20, 2023 | Robert Con Davis-Undiano
A detail from a photograph of the Liberty Bell. Incomplete text reads: Proclaim Liberty. By Order of the. . .
Poetry

Juneteenth: Let Freedom Ring

June 19, 2023 | Hannibal B. Johnson
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Book Reviews

Finding Freedom amidst Climate Collapse: Jem Bendell’s Breaking Together

June 15, 2023 | Simona Vaitkute
A photograph of a lake surrounded by trees in fall foliage
Poetry

Two Poems from Brazil

June 14, 2023 | Ana Martins Marques
A photograph of a man driving a car shot from over his shoulder
Fiction

Things That Disappear (an excerpt)

June 13, 2023 | Jung Yong-jun
A red button mounted on a yellow kackground. Text around the button reads: Press for Peace
Essay

The Lesson of Peace Club

June 08, 2023 | Vlada Teper
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Fiction

WLT Student Translation Prize – Prose

| Marina and Sergey Dyachenko
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Poetry

WLT Student Translation Prize – Poetry

June 06, 2023 | Kristín Ómarsdóttir
A diptych of photographs of the two Student Translation Prize
News and Events

World Literature Today Announces 2023 Student Translation Prize Winners

May 31, 2023 | WLT
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Interviews

The Presence of the Past in Good Night, Irene: A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea

May 30, 2023 | Renee H. Shea
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