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Fereshteh Molavi with the cover to her book Thirty Shadow Birds
Essay

Simorgh in Exile: Reimagining Iranian Diaspora in Fereshteh Molavi’s Thirty Shadow Birds

October 07, 2025 | Mahdiyeh Ezzati
A collage of the covers to the book discussed below
Lit Lists

10 International New and Upcoming Horror Novels for Fall 2025

October 03, 2025 | Amber M. Durst
JosΓ© LuΓ­s Peixoto with the cover to his book Homecoming
Book Reviews

The Self Is a Book Made of Expanded Memories: JosΓ© LuΓ­s Peixoto’s Homecoming

October 01, 2025 | Irene Marques
Sonallah Ibrahim with the cover to several of his books
Essay

Remembering the Egyptian Novelist Sonallah Ibrahim: β€œTaking a Scalpel to the Communist Dream”

September 30, 2025 | Gretchen McCullough
Elaine U. Cho with the cover to her book Teo's Durumi
Interviews

When Science Fiction Is an Invitation: A Conversation with Elaine U. Cho

September 25, 2025 | Emily Doyle
An illustration of a human figure lying on its back in a river with a boat floating nearby and large plants rising from the water
Essay

The Phonetic Uterus: A Journey through Language and Identity

September 24, 2025 | Arya Gopi
A tiled collage of Kiriti Sengupta's Selected Poems
Book Reviews

A Bustling-Personal Renegade against Fake Anonymity: Kiriti Sengupta’s Selected Poems

September 23, 2025 | Somudranil Sarkar
Patricio Ferrari and Nikola MadΕΎirov conversing on a stage
Interviews

β€œWith Each New Poem, We’re Reborn”: A Conversation with Nikola MadΕΎirov

September 18, 2025 | Patricio Ferrari
Mahreen Sohail with the cover to her book Small Scale Sinners
Interviews

Crafting Stories and Sinful Pleasures: A Conversation with Mahreen Sohail

September 17, 2025 | Keija Parssinen
Mirza Alakbar Sabir and the first issue of Molla Nasreddin
On Translation

Mirza Alakbar Sabir: An Azerbaijani Poet-Satirist in Translation

September 16, 2025 | Lala Mammadova
A tile collage of the cover to Pioneer Summer
On Translation

Ten Translations (and Counting) of Pioneer Summer: Approaches and Techniques

September 15, 2025 | Anne O. Fisher
The cover to Water
Book Reviews

Water: Haleh Liza Gafori’s Rumi for Our Times

September 11, 2025 | Mina Raminsabet
Venita Blackburn with the cover to her book How to Wrestle a Girl
Interviews

Writing for Yourself First: A Conversation with Venita Blackburn

September 10, 2025 | Hunter Liguore
The cover to Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's book Kaleidoscope of Life
Book Reviews

The Post-Partition Kaleidoscope of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s Stories

September 09, 2025 | Gargi Dutta
A tile collage of the cover to Pioneer Summer
News and Events

OU’s Romanoff Center and WLT Host Event on LGBTQ+ Representation in Russia

September 04, 2025 | The Editors of WLT
Dina Nayeri with the cover to her book The Ungrateful Refugee
Essay

No Safe Place to Say Thank You: Ambivalence and Belonging in Dina Nayeri’s The Ungrateful Refugee

September 03, 2025 | CΓ©sar AndrΓ©s Caicedo