WLT  Weekly

The Free Minds book club and writing workshop at AWP empowered young inmates to “write new chapters in their lives.” Said Nokomis, “Free Minds encouraged me to be a better writer . . . to be a bigger person . . . to be unlimited.” / Courtesy of @awpwriter
From the Road

World Literature at the Vanguard: A Report from the 2017 AWP Conference

February 13, 2017 |
A library full of books
Lit Lists

The 2017 AWP Conference, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s reading habits, and more

February 10, 2017 |
World Literature Today staff photo
News and Events

World Literature Today Shortlisted for an International Excellence Award in Translation

February 08, 2017 |
Seb, “Gilded/Glider,” Amsterdam, October 8, 2008
Poetry

Three Dutch Poems

February 08, 2017 |
An immigrant in the Dulles International Airpot, Jan. 28, 2017.
Current Events

The Failure of Misanthropy

February 06, 2017 |
Open book with gold edges on the pages
Lit Lists

A tribute to Bharati Mukherjee, America’s multilingual culture, and more

February 03, 2017 |
Still from the Netflix adaptation of The Little Prince (2015), directed by Mark Osborn
On Translation

The Matter of Forking Consequences: Translating Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince

January 31, 2017 |
Latin American Literature Today logo
News and Events

Introducing Latin American Literature Today

January 31, 2017 |
Book covers for George Orwell's book 1984
Lit Lists

Little Free Library’s Action Book Club, 1984’s resurgence, and more

January 27, 2017 |
Antti T. Nissinen, “Untitled” (spirit level), May 25, 2011
Poetry

Four Poems from Afrikaans

January 25, 2017 |
Hardback books with maroon and gold spines
Lit Lists

The great American word mapper, a radio interview with Dubravka Ugrešić, and more

January 20, 2017 |
Google Deep Dream illustration of Donald Trump.
Interviews

“The interior of the human head is infinite”: A Conversation with Alan Moore

January 18, 2017 |
Overhead view of books in black and white
Lit Lists

A farewell to our “Reader-in-Chief,” Writers Resist, and more

January 13, 2017 |
Neo-Assyrian clay tablet. Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet 11: Story of the Flood. Known as the "Flood Tablet".
On Translation

Translating Gilgamesh: A Conversation with Benjamin Foster

January 10, 2017 |
Open book on a black background
Lit Lists

The “Murakami effect,” poems to start the new year, and more

January 06, 2017 |
Lost in Translation illustration of figures walking on Russian text.
On Translation

On the Untranslatability of Translation

January 03, 2017 |