As icecaps melt and cities swelter, are we are on the brink of disaster? In these four books, environmental collapse seems unavoidable or has already begun. The characters all wrestle with the sam…
Lit Lists
January 19, 2016- January 15, 2016News, Reviews, and InterviewsIn preparation for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Academy of American Poets has curated this list of poems in honor and celebration.Poet Allison Hedge Coke, recently publ…
January 8, 2016Welcome back to our weekly literary roundups! The year has gotten off to an exciting start with WLT’s 90th anniversary, and lots of interesting things are happening in the literary world. Her…
December 18, 2015This will be our last roundup of literary news and fun finds until we return from the holiday break. Thank you for reading along with us this year. We’ll see you in January, when we’ll be kickin…- December 11, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews The Huffington Post lists the best picture books of 2015 and gives a nostalgic tribute to NSK Neustadt Prize laureate Vera B. Williams.Robert J. Fouser take…
December 4, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews Literature in translation makes up 13% of the New York Times Notable Books for 2015 list. WLT contributor Claire Messud shares her reading hig…
November 20, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe National Book Awards winners were announced Wednesday night. The winners were Adam Johnson in fiction, Ta-Nehisi Coates in nonfiction, Robin Coste Lewis in poetry, and…
November 13, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews In this article from the Korea Herald, translator Sora Kim-Russell points to a “dark, earthy humor” buried under the angst and sorrow in Korean literature.U…- November 6, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsMany literary translation awards were announced last week! The ALTA blog showcases the winners of the Italian Prose in Translation Award, the National Translation Award in…
- October 30, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsDubravka Ugrešić has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Neustadt Prize! Beyond Ugrešić’s win, there’s more good news for Croatian literature—the newly launched…
- October 16, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsCatch one of our Reader’s Choice essayists Aleš Debeljak at a poetry reading October 21 at the University of Richmond. The event is part of the university’s Writers Series…
October 9, 2015Demonstration for Raif Badawi outside the Embassy of Saudi-Arabia, Helsinki, Finland. Raif Badawi was named the 2015 International Writer of Courage this week. Photo by Amnesty International/Flic…
October 7, 2015We are told to look on the bright side of life, but sometimes the world is a dark place. No one understands better than these authors, whose characters encounter horrors from open-plan offices to Ukra…
October 2, 2015Jenny Erpenbeck is shortlisted for the 2015 German Book Prize.News, Reviews, and Interviews Young-adult books are often challenged. This article from the Los Angeles Times lists the 10 m…- September 25, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2015 National Book Awards longlist is out, and Flavorwire has compiled a post that summarizes each of the books. A recent article from the New York Times…
- September 18, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsIn this new video interview, United States poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera converses about poetry and the poet’s role in American culture today. The Man Booker Priz…
September 11, 2015Reykjavik, Iceland. Photo by Christine Zenino/FlickrNews, Reviews, and Interviews The Reykjavik International Literary Festival continues this weekend and features authors recently featured or re…
September 4, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews The September issue of WLT is here! Get the print or digital issue today.Science-fiction writer Liu Cixin won the 2015 Hugo Award for best novel. Check out…- August 28, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe new issue of Poetry International is now available. The double issue features poems by current Neustadt nominee Carolyn Forché; Neustadt laureates Tomas Tranströmer an…
August 21, 2015Mia Couto. Photo by Shevaun Williams.News, Reviews, and Interviews Online literary magazine The Mantle is starting its own publishing imprint under the same name. Its focus will be on in…- August 14, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsMark your calendars for the National Book Festival held in Washington D.C., which is celebrating its 15-year anniversary. The theme for this year is a quote from Thomas Je…
- August 7, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTime magazine just released its list of the best books published in 2015 so far.Rebecca L. Walkowitz’s latest book is now available. Born Translated: The Cont…
July 31, 2015Laila Lalami. Her newest novel The Moor's Account has been longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize.News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Man Booker Prize announced its 2015 longlist this…
July 24, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe Brooklyn Small Press Flea Market will happen on Saturday, August 1, in front of the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Check out all the event details he…- July 17, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsA new literary discovery featuring Charles Dickens’s annotations in his literary magazine reveals the identity of many Victorian authors who had been publishing anonymousl…
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