WLT  Weekly

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News and Events

Announcing WLT’s 2020 Pushcart Prize Nominees

November 30, 2020 |The Editors of WLT
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The Once Over

Nuruddin Farah’s Crucible of the Imagination

November 20, 2020 |Kwame Anthony Appiah
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Poetry

Three Náhuatl Poems from Mexico

November 18, 2020 |Martín Tonalmeyotl
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Poetry

Gertrude: “But look where sadly the poor wretch comes reading . . .”

November 17, 2020 |Aleksandr Kushner
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Poetry

Two Catalan Poems

November 11, 2020 |Narcís Comadira
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Poetry

The Trucks

November 10, 2020 |Hannah Lowe
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Intern’s Picks

Intern’s Pick

November 04, 2020 |Sydney Stutler
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Cultural Cross Sections

Destination: New Zealand

November 03, 2020 |Madeleine Dorst
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Intern’s Picks

The Ballad of Books

November 02, 2020 |Mackenzie Anderson
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Cultural Cross Sections

Three Pre-Columbian Mythical Creatures to Enliven Your Waking Dreams

October 28, 2020 |Ilan Stavans, Eko
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Interviews

“Imagining More Transgender Visibility in Translation”: A Conversation with Ari Larissa Heinrich

October 27, 2020 |Veronica Esposito
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Book Reviews

The Odyssey of the Tehran Children: Mikhal Dekel’s Story of Holocaust Survival

October 27, 2020 |Rhona Seidelman
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Interviews

Writing with a Humble Pen: A Conversation with Tayari Jones

October 22, 2020 |Avery Holmes
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News and Events

Cynthia Leitich Smith Named Winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

October 20, 2020 |WLT
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Interviews

Mediating the Power Dynamics between Two Languages: A Conversation with Charlotte Chun-lam Yiu

October 15, 2020 |Cameron L. White
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Book Reviews

Intern’s Pick

October 14, 2020 |Alex Crayon