WLT  Weekly

Juan Felipe Herrera. Photo by Oregon State University/Flickr
Lit Lists

The U.S. Poet Laureate’s “sudden poem,” libraries and Pokémon Go, and more

July 15, 2016 |
Public domain drawing of Joseph dreaming.
Fiction

The Amazing Adventures of a Certified Medical Interpreter

July 13, 2016 |
Aaron Brown, “Brickyard,” Ati, Chad, March 2007
Poetry

Return to Africa: Two Poems

July 11, 2016 |
Photo from the Tulsa Race Riot
Eye on Culture

Race Matters Episode 5: Novelist Rilla Askew Sheds Light on Tulsa Race Riot and Today’s Racial Unrest

July 06, 2016 |
Christopher, Tania, and Isabelle Luna, “Mountains and Rain” (the hills of Fuzhou), September 2009
Poetry

Two Poems from Fuzhou, China

July 05, 2016 |
Brexit tea pot with "Now Panic and Freak Out"
Lit Lists

The “Brexit delusion,” the evolution of the book, and more

July 01, 2016 |
Jose Antonio Vargas holds a sign at a Mitt Romney presidential campaign rally in 2011 in a scene from his film “Documented.” Photo courtesy of Apo Anak Productions.
Eye on Culture

Race Matters Episode 4: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas Explores Race And Immigration

June 29, 2016 |
Beyond the Barbed Wire: Selected Poems of Abdellatif Laâbi
Poetry

Death: A Poem

June 28, 2016 |
Jorge Luis Borges
Literary Tributes

On When They Asked Me about Borges’s Sexuality

June 27, 2016 |
Kindle E Reader
Lit Lists

The global phenomenon of Nordic noir, digital reading fatigue, and more

June 24, 2016 |
For several years, Lou Andreas-Salome (Katharina Lorenz) lived in a platonic relationship in Berlin with philosopher Paul Ree (Philipp Hauss). Sebastian Geyer/avanti media fiction
Cultural Cross Sections

In Love with Lou

June 22, 2016 |
Vote Here, Vote Aqui
Eye on Culture

Race Matters Episode 3: Political Scientist Mackenzie Israel-Trummel Examines Race, Identity Politics Ahead Of 2016 Election

June 21, 2016 |
2017 NSK Finalists
Lit Lists

Finalists for the 2017 NSK Neustadt Prize, 14 refugee tales for Refugee Week, and more

June 17, 2016 |
Heather Shotton
Eye on Culture

Race Matters Episode 2: Educator Heather Shotton On Native American Identity

June 15, 2016 |
2017 NSK Neustadt Prize Finalists
News and Events

2017 NSK Neustadt Prize Jury and Finalists Announced

June 14, 2016 |
Muhammad Ali signing autographs for Volendam women.
Lit Lists

Muhammad Ali’s poetic side, food in the immigration novel, and more

June 10, 2016 |