WLT  Weekly

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 |
Heavy Rain video game
Lit Lists

Digital Literature Gaming List

December 19, 2016 |
Life is Strange video game
Words for Thought

Video Games: Developing a New Narrative

December 19, 2016 |
A stack of five red books with a warm glow around it
Lit Lists

The end of a literary presidency, end-of-year reading lists, and more

December 16, 2016 |
75 Notable Translations of 2016
Lit Lists

World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2016

December 13, 2016 |
Munro’s Books in Victoria, British Columbia
Lit Lists

Temples for the literary pilgrim, Castro’s influence on Latin American literature, and more

December 09, 2016 |
Books leaning on a shelf
Lit Lists

Keeping the foreign in translated literature, Iceland’s “hidden poets,” and more

December 02, 2016 |
Oklahoma Governor's Award
News and Events

World Literature Today to Receive Governor’s Arts Award

December 01, 2016 |
News and Events

World Literature Today Announces Its 2016 Pushcart and Best American Essays Nominees

November 30, 2016 |
Cover of the November issue of WLT
News and Events

Barnes & Noble Celebrates World Literature Today to Honor Its November Issue

November 28, 2016 |
Jorge Edwards. Photo: Miguel Lucena, Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos (Madrid, Spain)
Interviews

A Conversation with Jorge Edwards: Between Fiction and Reality

November 28, 2016 |
Isis Olivier, La grive II (The thrush II), 2015. All illustrations courtesy of the artist.
Poetry

Two Illustrated Bird Poems from Israel

November 23, 2016 |
How to Be a Texan, with Benjamin Rybeck, Owen Egerton, and Chaitali Sen
From the Road

Dispatch from the Texas Book Festival

November 21, 2016 |
Open book on asphault
Lit Lists

Verses for Hope, the National Book Award winners, and more

November 18, 2016 |