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A sculpted angel throws herself across a grave in a show of grief

Two Poems

January 29, 2019 |

The covers to The Carrying, The Overstory, and The Beekeeper juxtaposed in a tryptich

The 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Shortlist: A Salute

January 25, 2019 |

Humberto Ak’abal looks down at his text as he reads aloud

Cultural Cross Sections

Nobody Sees Us: The Poetry of Humberto Ak’abal

January 24, 2019 |

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Exile Dossier

January 22, 2019 |

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Literary Tributes

Remembering Mary Oliver: The Poetics of Grieving and Comfort

January 18, 2019 |

A child's hand pressed up against glass with a moth perched on the other side

Ask the Evening Light Its Shape

January 17, 2019 |

Loretta Klobah juxtaposed with the cover to her book Ricantations

Chronicling Puerto Rico: Loretta Collins Klobah’s Ricantations

January 15, 2019 |

Beth Porter stands in the center of the frame, facing right as Ben Please stands just behind her, partially obscured

The Bookshop Band Tours the US: A Conversation with the Bookshop Band

January 14, 2019 |

A rock being whipped by ocean waves from above with the cover to the Rimbaud biography inset on the right side of the image

Rimbaud’s Spiritual Battle

January 10, 2019 |

A photo of Michael Bazzett

Michael Bazzett’s New Popol Vuh: How Language Makes Us Human

January 07, 2019 |

Ribka Sibhatu sits in a white suit and hat in front of a bush

Cultural Cross Sections

Aulò, Aulò, Aulò!: On Ribka Sibhatu

January 03, 2019 |

A Tokyo sunrise, the city bathed in dust

Cultural Cross Sections

Dust

December 20, 2018 |

A small bird perches in an orange tree

Under the Orange Trees of Gaza

December 18, 2018 |

News and Events

Announcing WLT’s 2018 Pushcart Prize Nominees

December 13, 2018 |

A collage of some of the titles featured in this year's list

News and Events

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2018

December 11, 2018 |

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The Land of Regal Elephants

December 07, 2018 |

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