March 2014

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Volume 88 No. 2, March 2014

Ethiopian writer Maaza Mengiste headlines the March 2014 issue of WLT, which also features a special section devoted to cross-cultural humor in translation. Additional highlights include short fiction by Gianni Skaragas, poetry by Ketty Nivyabandi (Burundi) and Felipe Benítez Reyes (Mexico), and an interview with Richard Rodriguez. As always, new books and book reviews are also featured throughout, and an exclusive new interview with Mengiste can be found among this issue’s web exclusives.

2013 Puterbaugh Fellow Maaza Mengiste

EDITOR’s NOTE: The March 2014 Issue
FICTION: “What We Saw” by Maaza Mengiste
WEB EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “Emerging from the Shadows of History: A Conversation with Maaza Mengiste” by Z’étoile Imma
SPEECH: Moments of Redemption: The 2013 Puterbaugh Lecture by Maaza Mengiste

Cross-Cultural Humor

FICTION: “Lahti Writers’ Reunion” by Petri Tamminen
FICTION: “The Literary Salon” by Žydrūnas Drungilas
WEB EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Translating Humor: Three Questions for Elizabeth Novickas
POETRY: “Gluing” by Benny Andersen
POETRY: Two Poems by Haji Khavari
FICTION: “Totally Harmless: Reading Coffee Cups on Freud’s Couch in Tehran” by Pouria Alami
FICTION: “An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse” by Raquel Castro Maldonado
ESSAY: “Is David Sedaris Funny in Greek?” by Myrsini Gana
INTERVIEW: David Sedaris on His Humor in Translation
WEB EXCLUSIVE FICTION: “The Blockage” by Žydrūnas Drungilas
WEB EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Raquel Castro Asks Herself, “Is It True There Is No Humor in Mexican Literature?”