WLT  Weekly

A pair of weathered hands cupping corn grains
Cultural Cross Sections

Relational Activism and Indigenous Futures

October 10, 2019 |
A boy sits in a chair reading in front of a wall
Cultural Cross Sections

Pain and Glory: A Self-Portrait of Director as Prodigal Son

October 08, 2019 |
The text reads: Litekyan, proclamation, with typhoon wind, a precedent set by the white man’s purchase, from alcatraces, pelicans, prutehi, freedom within constraints, Litekyan, twenty-four dollars ($24) in glass beads, Fakmåta Guåhan! Barsandbullets, we protest life-fire training range complex, prutehi, prutehi, gone the hurricane of further desecrations, Litekyan, we offer this treaty in good faith, this tiny island would be a symbol of the great lands once ruled by free and noble Indians, fledglings swal
Poetry

Calls to Demand the Return (for a Fair Price, in Good Faith) or, With Typhoon Wind: We, Prisoners of Conscience, Protest Bars and Bullets, Swallowed Fledglings, the Gone Hurricane of Pelicans (from alcatraces), and Further Desecrations

October 08, 2019 |
A neon sign glows in the shadows of night. The text reads 'Y A Este wién lo invito"
Cultural Cross Sections

I Don’t Sing You, America

October 03, 2019 |
Text reads: Neustadt Lit Fest. Celebrating excellence and diversity in YA lit. Oct 15 through 19 2019 with 2019 NSK Prize winner Margarita Engle
News and Events

YA Author Margarita Engle to Speak at Neustadt Lit Fest

October 01, 2019 |
The covers to three books from the fantasy in translation list
Booklists

Modern Epics: Fantasy in Translation

October 01, 2019 |
A fig tree as dusk, dramatically lit in purple from below
Poetry

“Light of the Fig”

September 25, 2019 |
A photograph of Baret Magarian juxtaposed with the cover to his book, Melting Point
Interviews

The Abyss of Identity: A Conversation with Baret Magarian

September 23, 2019 |
A black and white photograph of a pair of hands grasping a plastic coffee cup
Cultural Cross Sections

The Case of the Nuncas

September 19, 2019 |
The covers to Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead, When Death Takes Something from You, and the Memory Police
News and Events

2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature Longlist Announced

September 17, 2019 |
A photograph of writer Monique Troung juxtaposed with the cover to her book The Sweetest Fruits
Interviews

“Between the Facts”: A Conversation with Monique Truong

September 17, 2019 |
Neustadt Lit Fest: Celebrating Excellence and Diversity in YA Lit. October 15 through 17 2019 with 2019 NSK Prize Winner Margarita Engle
News and Events

Three OU Visual Communication students awarded for their designs for the 2019 Neustadt Lit Festival

September 13, 2019 |
A feather, cast in silver, rests in a velvet lined box
The Once Over

The 1969 Neustadt Prize Charter

September 13, 2019 |
A black and white photo of protesters, mostly female, throwing glitter bombs, which are highlighted in red
Eye on Culture

We Will Not Let Each Other Go

September 06, 2019 |
A black and white photo of Naja Marie Aidt juxtaposed with the cover to her book When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back
Interviews

Holding Death in Our First Breath: A Conversation with Naja Marie Aidt

September 05, 2019 |
A young boy pauses on his bicycle on a gravel road with the sun either rising or setting behind a makeshift wall
Poetry

Three Poems from Kurdistan

September 03, 2019 |