By Benjamin D. Maxham active 1848 - 1858 [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsNews, Reviews, and InterviewsHenry David Thoreau was born 200 years ago on July 12, 1817. Via NPR, biogr…
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- News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2017 Lambda Literary Writers Workshop Retreat fellows have been announced. The annual retreat for emerging LGBTQ voices was established in 2007 and is a one-week immer…
- The Parthenon of Books behind the Museum Fridericianum. WikimediaNews, Reviews, and InterviewsA “Parthenon of Books” has been built at the site of Nazi book burning in cen…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsNewly announced US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith shares with NPR why she calls poems her anchor.Israeli author David Grossman and translator Jessica…
- Sherman Alexie doing a lively reading of his children’s book Thunder Boy Jr. on the ASU Tempe campus. ASU Department of English/FlickrNews, Reviews, and InterviewsSherman Alexie has a n…
- Brian Doyle. Photo by Sam Beebe/FlickrNews, Reviews, and Interviews“If we didn’t write poetry after the Holocaust it would be as if Hitler had won, or that the Nazis were right.” Neu…
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- News, Reviews, and InterviewsCentral American writer Claribel Alegría, laureate of the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, has won the twenty-sixth “Reina Sofía de Poesía Iberoamer…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2017 Best Translated Book Award winners were announced last night! Lúcio Cardoso’s Chronicle of the Murdered House, translated from the Portuguese by Ma…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe second issue of Latin American Literature Today will launch Sunday, April 30. The issue puts a spotlight on the Caribbean and on queer literature from across…
- It’s that time of the year again, National Poetry Month! Poem in Your Pocket Day is April 27, and in celebration, we offer these five poems to read, share, and carry in your pocket for later as we cel…
- Photo: Alice Hampson/UnsplashNews, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Best Translated Book Award shortlist for fiction and poetry was announced this week at The Millions. For more, check out reviews…
- News, Reviews, and Interviews The International Dublin Literary Award shortlist has been announced! The list includes Neustadt Prize laureate Mia Couto, Neustadt finalist and Puterbaugh Fellow Or…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe new double issue of Poetry International, edited by Ilya Kaminsky, is out and features works by many Neustadt Prize-affiliated authors including Derek Walcott…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Best Translated Book Award longlists have been announced, and they include many authors and translators who have recently appeared in WLT.For our readers in N…
- News, Reviews, and Interviews These 14 authors who have received NEA grants share the life-changing impact of the National Endowment for the Arts.The UK has a new prize for women in translation c…
- News, Reviews, and Interviews The Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced and recent WLT contributor and Puterbaugh Fellow Alain Mabanckou is among the finalists. The 2017 Okla…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe #Read4Refugees campaign is encouraging a worldwide “read-in” for refugees and is gaining momentum with the support of Jodi Picoult, Junot Díaz, Yann Martel, Sherman Al…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Windham-Campbell Prizes have announced the 2017 recipients, and recent WLT contributors Marina Carr and Carolyn Forché are among the winners. Australian…
- Little Free Library design competition Judges’ Choice winner. Owlie by Bartosz Bochynski, FUTUMATA / London, EnglandNews, Reviews, and Interviews PEN America announced its 2017 literary awar…
- News, Reviews, and Interviews AWP 2017 came to a close last weekend with a candlelight vigil in Lafayette Park across from the White House, and the conference itself featured dozens of panels on…
- News, Reviews, and Interviews We’re delighted to announced that WLT has been shortlisted for the London Book Fair International Excellence Award in Translation!Follow WLT @world…
- News, Reviews, and Interviews Bharati Mukherjee, a 2008 Neustadt Prize juror and chronicler of the Indian-American immigrant experience, passed away this week at the age of 76. In tribute, we rem…
- News, Reviews, and Interviews This week, George Orwell’s 1984 saw a resurgence in interest after presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway described some of…
- News, Reviews, and InterviewsLast Friday, President Obama spoke about the indispensable role that books played during his presidency and throughout his life. The…