January 2013 | World Literature Today

Volume 87 No. 1, January 2013

In January 2013, WLT showcases 2012 Neustadt Prize laureate Rohinton Mistry as well as a special section on poetry trails, “Finding Poetry Under the Open Sky.” Other highlights include short stories by Peter Orner (US) and Cyril Dabydeen (Guyana/Canada), poetry by Mark Tredinnick (Australia) and Lauren Camp (US), and essays on the work of PEN Haiti and the “immediacy of influence” in Hungarian literature.

Editor's Note

2012 Neustadt Prize Laureate Rohinton Mistry

SPEECH: “The Road from There to Here,” Rohinton Mistry
ESSAY: “Rohinton Mistry’s Omniscient Gaze,” Samrat Upadhyay
VIDEO: Rohinton Mistry’s Neustadt Prize Acceptance Speech
SUMMARY: About the 2012 Neustadt Festival
ESSAY: “Lend Me Your Light,” Rohinton Mistry and the Art of Storytelling, Beena Kamlani
ESSAY: Painting the Deeply Personal on Vast Political Landscapes: Rohinton Mistry’s India, Sudha Bhuchar

5 Poetry Trails

INTRO: “Finding Poetry Under the Open Sky,” Pattiann Rogers
“The William Stafford Path Lake Oswego, Oregon,” Kim Stafford
“Poetry Trail in Greenway Meadows Princeton, New Jersey,” Scott McVay
“The Milwaukee County Zoo Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” Pattiann Rogers
“Herman Hill Park Water Center Wichita, Kansas,” Albert Goldbarth
“Oaken Transformations Brighton, Michigan,” Susan Blackwell Ramsey
PHOTO GALLERY: Poetry Trails: 28 Photos

ESSAYS

“The Weather of Who We Are An Intimate Essay on the Weather, the Self, and Australianness,” Mark Tredinnick
“The Immediacy of Influence,” Adam Z. Levy
“A New Refuge for Haitian Writers,” Deji Olukotun