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Critical Lovemaking

February 14, 2025 |Mika Seifert
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Like Gold in the River: A Review of Radwa Ashour’s Granada Trilogy

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January 28, 2025 |Chibueze Darlington Anuonye
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January 27, 2025 |Edith Bruck
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January 23, 2025 |Ming Di
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Poetry as a Way of Life: Conversations with Lenard D. Moore

January 21, 2025 |Miho Kinnas
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January 20, 2025 |Moikom Zeqo
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January 13, 2025 |The Editors of WLT
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Jewish Life in Harbin, China: A Conversation with Jean Hoffmann Lewanda

January 07, 2025 |Susan Blumberg-Kason
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WLT Announces Best Literary Translations 2026 Nominees and 2025 Shortlisted Titles

December 19, 2024 |The Editors of WLT
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Good Enough for Now (an excerpt)

December 18, 2024 |Jason M. Thornberry
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Can the Tooth Fairy Pay in Hong Kong Dollars?

December 17, 2024 |Wong Yi
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December 12, 2024 |Lala Mammadova
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World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2024

December 10, 2024 |Michelle Johnson

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