WLT  Weekly

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Essay

“I’ll lay down my life for you all”: Poetry and Activism on the Streets of Myanmar

March 24, 2021 |James Byrne
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Literary Tributes

Remembering Nawal El Saadawi

March 24, 2021 |Adele Newson-Horst
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Essay

My Childhood Bedroom

March 23, 2021 |Loubna El Amine
A photograph of Adam Zagajewski juxtaposed with an image of a pewter feather in a wooden box. The text above reads: In Memory, Adam Zagajewski, 2004 Neustadt Laureate
Literary Tributes

Remembering Neustadt Laureate Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021)

March 22, 2021 |The Editors of WLT
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Culture

The Protest Art of Walid Ebeid: Reflections on Four Paintings

March 22, 2021 |Yahia Lababidi
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News and Events

OU’s Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Symposium Runs April 8-10

March 19, 2021 |WLT
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Culture

Where Do We Go Now with Quo Vadis, Aida?

March 18, 2021 |Adnan Mahmutović
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Pandemic Dispatches

Between Poetry and Enchantment: The Sculptures of Italo Lanfredini

March 17, 2021 |Alice-Catherine Carls
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Interviews

The Tibetan Resistance Movement and Windhorse: In Conversation with Kaushik Barua

March 15, 2021 |Koushik Goswami
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News and Events

Call for an Africa / African Diaspora Co-Editor for the Best Translations Anthology

March 10, 2021 |The Editors of WLT
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Interviews

The Writer as Traveler and the Gift of Prismatic Vision: An Interview with Stephanie McKenzie

March 09, 2021 |Tom Halford
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Interviews

“Learning Again How to Live”: A Conversation with Ivorian Writer Véronique Tadjo

March 09, 2021 |Anderson Tepper
A photograph of Alice Catherine-Carls. Text reads: Translation as a Laboratory of Life. A Humanities Talk by Alice Catherine Carls. Thursday, March 23, 4 to 6 pm. Free and open to the public. Buskuhl Gallery, Gould Hall 130. 4 pm Rception. 4;30 pm Talk. 5:15 Audience Q&A.
News and Events

Alice-Catherine Carls to Deliver “Translation as a Laboratory for Life” Lecture

March 07, 2023 |The Editors of WLT
A photograph of translator Michael Berry juxtaposed with the cover to Fang Fang's Wuhan Diary
Interviews

Translating Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary amid the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Conversation with Michael Berry

March 02, 2021 |King Yu
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Pandemic Dispatches

Quarantine Notes: or, Moral Aphorisms

February 24, 2021 |Yahia Lababidi
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Current Events

Nappy Roots Books, a Bastion and a Haven: A Conversation with Camille Landry

February 22, 2021 |Alex Crayon