WLT  Weekly

David Rigsbee and the cover to his book The Watchman in the Knife Factory
Book Reviews

The Dancers and the Dance: David Rigsbee’s Watchman in the Knife Factory

March 12, 2026 | Tim Hunt
Dolphins swimming to the surface
Fiction

Why Does the Ocean Appear Motionless from an Airplane?

March 11, 2026 | Zsuzsa Selyem
A white cassette with the world Kobold printed on it in red. The cassette lays on a garishly illustrated text
Culture

Stubbornly Analog

March 10, 2026 | Rob Vollmar
A photo of Daniel Simon, "A Compass on the Navigable Sea" book cover, and eight writers who will be helping launch the book March 23-27
News and Events

East Coast Book Tour to Promote World Literature Today Centennial Anthology

March 05, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
Gisela Heffes with the cover to her book in translation Crocodiles at Night
Interviews

“Poetry Can Be Conceived as an Art of Disruption”: A Conversation with Gisela Heffes

March 04, 2026 | Claudia Cavallin
Yuki Tanaka with the cover to his book Chronicle of Drifting
Interviews

Poetry Adrift between Japan and the US: In Conversation with Yuki Tanaka

March 03, 2026 | Miho Kinnas
Octavio Paz (left) and William Banowsky holding the 1982 Neustadt Prize silver feather
Book Reviews

First Takes and New Horizons: The Oklahoma Debut of A Compass on the Navigable Sea

March 02, 2026 | Amit R. Baishya
Photo by Fadi Thabet of two young Palestinian girls looking over a tent surrounded by barbed wire
News and Events

WLT’s “Gaza Voices” Issue Named 2026 National Magazine Award Finalist

February 27, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
The cover to Rahul Bhattacharya’s Railsong
Book Reviews

Bombay Dreams: Rahul Bhattacharya’s Railsong

February 17, 2026 | Anderson Tepper
Julia de Burgos with the cover to her book I Am My Own Path
Book Reviews

Translating Julia de Burgos from Oblivion

February 12, 2026 | Luis Guzmán Valerio
Fiona Sze-Lorrain with the cover to her book Dear Chrysanthemums
Interviews

The Infinity of a Heart’s Expanse: A Conversation with Fiona Sze-Lorrain

February 10, 2026 | Alton Melvar M. Dapanas
The cover to A Compass on the Navigable Sea. Text reads: Edited by Daniel Simon. Restless Books, 2026.
News and Events

Book Talk to Celebrate the Oklahoma Debut of World Literature Today Centennial Anthology

February 05, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
A tile collage of the cover to Siegfried Kracauer’s Ginster
Book Reviews

An Oblique Take on War’s Carnage: Siegfried Kracauer’s Ginster

February 03, 2026 | Eric Vanderwall
Ally Ang with the cover to their book Let the Moon Wobble
Book Reviews

Erotic Alternative Histories: Ally Ang’s Let the Moon Wobble

January 29, 2026 | Candice Louisa Daquin
Haleh Liza Gafori and the cover to Water by Rumi
News and Events

World Literature Today to Host Persian-themed Puterbaugh Lit Fest

January 27, 2026 | The Editors of WLT
A photo of Beena Kamlani with the cover to her book The English Problem
Book Reviews

From India to England and Back Again: Beena Kamlani’s The English Problem

January 22, 2026 | Owshnik Ghosh