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An aerial shot of Montpelier, Vermont at dusk

Cultural Cross Sections

Where the Butterflies Are: Singapore, Montpelier

December 19, 2019 |

A group of boys play stickball in an urban cul-de-sac filling up with piles of rubble

Cultural Cross Sections

A Tale of Two Cities

December 18, 2019 |

An open book written in Arabic, mostly shrouded in shadow

A Poem for World Arabic Language Day

December 17, 2019 |

The Hong Kong city skyline at night

Cultural Cross Sections

Telling the Story of Hong Kong

December 17, 2019 |

Snow-capped mountains frame a lake

Cultural Cross Sections

A Residency in Banff

December 12, 2019 |

An eagle flies a tree line against a grey sky

Joy Harjo’s “Eagle Poem” Translated into Arabic

December 11, 2019 |

The covers to Ludmila Ulitskaya's Jacob's Ladder, Yoko Ogawa's The Memory Police, and Zahia Rahmani's Muslim: A Novel

News and Events

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2019

December 10, 2019 |

An illustration of two female figures, rendered in almost a Cubist style. A small male figure sits on the hand of the one of the figures.

News and Events

Announcing WLT’s 2019 Pushcart Prize Nominees

December 09, 2019 |

A photo of author Zeruya Shalev juxtaposed against the cover to her book Pain

Wagering on Love in Zeruya Shalev’s Pain

December 05, 2019 |

The city of Reykjavik framed in the foreground by a lake and in the background by cloud-capped mountains

Cultural Cross Sections

One Week in Reykjavík

December 03, 2019 |

Numerous uniformly cube shaped objects serving as memorials in a field bathed in the colors of sunset

What Happened in the Halle Synagogue Attack?

November 26, 2019 |

Cultural Cross Sections

The Patriots: On Reading Becoming in Tehran

November 26, 2019 |Shohreh Laici

A close up the dense textures in a piece of amber

Shame: A Poem from China

November 21, 2019 |

A prison sits atop an island. A boat rides in the waters at the island's feet

Cultural Cross Sections

Alcatraz, Alcatrace,القطر

November 18, 2019 |

A color-altered photograph (emphasizing red tones) of a highway with a sign beside it in the foreground. The sign reads Route US 66. Another sign has been placed above it that read Miami Now, Native Oklahoma Weekend. Celebrating the past and future on Route 66.

Cultural Cross Sections

Eradicating the e-Word: Musings on Myaamia Language Reclamation

November 11, 2019 |

A painting of a landscape with a road in the center that disappears into the horizon line. Human and animal figures are in the sky along with the moon.

Cultural Cross Sections

An American Mythology

November 11, 2019 |

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