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Cast Your Vote! 25 Books That Inspired the World (1989–2014)

September 1, 2014 | WLT

In conjunction with our November 2014 cover feature—which will focus on central European literature since the fall of the Berlin Wall—the editors of WLT invited 25 writers to nominate one bo...
Coming in the September Issue of WLT

July 24, 2014 | WLT

Celebrating the First 10 Years of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature featuring contributions from all six laureates and a retrospec...
New Translations in May

May 13, 2014 | WLT

As you’re building your summer reading lists, don’t forget these new translations. Seven Lives and One Great Love: The Memoirs of a Cat Lena Divani Konstantine Matsoukas, tr. (Europa Editions) W...
April Translations: Three New Books

April 29, 2014 | WLT

Every month, new English translations appear. Here are three of April’s offerings. Navidad & Matanza Carlos Labbé. Will Vanderhyden, tr. (Open Letter) In Chilean writer Carlos Labbé’s short metafi...
Editors’ Picks: Summer Reads

May-August 2014
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Digital media editor Jen Rickard Blair’s summer reading picks range from multiethnic mystery to dystopian sci-fi. We suspect she’ll read these in a lawn chair or on the...
Poems for Poem in your Pocket Day

April 23, 2014 | WLT

Photo by andifansnet/Flickr. Adaption by Jen Rickard Blair. Poem in your Pocket Day is tomorrow (April 24th), and you can celebrate by carrying your favorite poem with you and sharing it with others...
Coming in the May/July Double Issue of WLT

April 7, 2014 | WLT

A cover feature on Argentine/Spanish writer Andrés Neuman, the 2014 Puterbaugh Fellow, plus highlights from the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival and A special section on translation featuring Eric A...
New Translations in March

March 25, 2014 | WLT

The following four titles are new translations released this month and are ready to jump onboard your spring or summer reading lists. Stories Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, ...
Watch the announcement of the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

March 25, 2014 | WLT

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) is one of the world's largest awards for children's and young adult literature, and it is given annually to a single laureate or to several. Authors, illustra...
Award-Winning Argentinean-Spanish Writer to Speak at OU

March 6, 2014 | WLT

Photo by Luis Angel. Award-winning Argentinean-Spanish writer and translator Andrés Neuman will visit the University of Oklahoma as the marquee writer for the 2014 Puterbaugh Festival of Internation...
Vote for WLT’s cover in the ASME contest on Facebook

March 5, 2014 | WLT

We need your help! Our March 2013 cover featuring the photography of Phil Borges is competing among some very big mainstream magazines, but we're hopeful that—with your vote—we can win. Cast...
Translating Humor: Three Questions for Elizabeth Novickas

March 2014
WLT, Elizabeth Novickas

Q: Translating humor across cultures is particularly challenging. What difficulties did you confront while translating these essays and how did you resolve them? A: L...
David Sedaris on His Humor in Translation

March 2014
WLT, David Sedaris

WLT: Translating humor across cultures is particularly challenging. What has surprised you most about how your translators have re-created your work in other languages?...
WLT’s 2013 Pushcart Prize Nominees

December 4, 2013 | WLT

Our official list of Pushcart nominees from the 2013 issues of WLT is complete, and we've published all the pieces online for your reading convenience. The Pushcart Prize annually honors the...
Noted Mozambican Author Mia Couto Wins 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

November 1, 2013 | WLT

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. NORMAN, OKLA., Nov. 1, 2013 – Mozambican author António Emílio Leite Couto (Mia Couto) has been chosen by a jury of nine i...
Noted Mozambican Author Mia Couto Wins 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

November 1, 2013 | WLT

Mia Couto, laureate of the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. NORMAN, OKLA., Nov. 1, 2013 – Mozambican author António Emílio Leite Couto (Mia Couto) has been chosen by a jury of nine i...
A Book for Every Bibliophile

November 2013
WLT

It’s the holiday season, and whether you’re shopping for Diwali, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Christmas, WLT has a new book for every reader on your list. For the Activist Juliana Spahr...
Three New October Translations

October 8, 2013 | WLT

In these new translations from Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, you can visit the publishing houses of fifteenth-century Venice, the early years of Brasília, and twenty-first-century Buenos Aires....
12 Translations for International Translation Day

September 30, 2013 | WLT

Photo zeze57/Flickr To celebrate International Translation Day, we’ve invited translations of the following quote—about translation—by Andrés Neuman, the 2009 Alfaguara Prize-winning author and 2014...
WLT Executive Director RC Davis to appear on OETA this Sunday

September 26, 2013 | WLT

Two University of Oklahoma faculty from the College of International Studies will appear on OETA (COX 14) discussing the current crisis in the Middle East on Sunday, September 29, at 1 p.m. Joshua La...
Telling a Music City Bookstore’s Story

September 16, 2013 | WLT

A Conversation with Chuck Beard With independent bookstores closing even in those cities where they typically thrive, opening a new bookstore is an act of bravery, perhaps even faith. When Chuck...
The 23rd Biennial Neustadt International Prize for Literature Nominees Announced

July 16, 2013 | WLT

NEWS RELEASEFor immediate release Allyse Sanchez303-839-1415, ext. [email protected] Robert Con DavisExecutive Director, World Literature Today405-3...
Travels in Translation: Summer Reading Part 2

July 9, 2013 | WLT

In June we offered a list of twelve summer reads, all translated titles. Today we add two more to the list, both stories of summer published this month. Phillippe Georget, Summertime and All the C...
WLT Announces the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature Jurors

June 18, 2013 | WLT

NEWS RELEASEFor immediate release Allyse Sanchez 303-839-1415, ext. [email protected] Robert Con DavisExecutive Director,...
Travels in Translation: Summer Reading

June 11, 2013 | WLT

What are you reading this summer? Here at WLT, we believe no reading list is complete without several translated titles. In these twelve new translations, you can travel from 1931 Naples to a...