News, Reviews, and InterviewsBuzzfeed’s list of Asian-American writers features 2016 Neustadt jurors Wang Ping and Porochista Khakpour.Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård was recently featured on an e…
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July 3, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsNational Book Award winner and Puterbaugh Fellow Sherman Alexie will publish his first picture book in May 2016. WLT featured Alexie on the cover of the July 2010…- June 26, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTime magazine featured a debate sure to spark interest in readers. The article asked whether or not it was acceptable to write in books as part of interacting wit…
- June 19, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsIsraeli writer Etgar Keret was interviewed recently on NPR. Keret discussed how he learned storytelling and survival from his father who survived the Holocaust.Jo…
- June 12, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsJuan Felipe Herrera was appointed the poet laureate of the United States this week. Herrera is the first Latino poet to receive this honor. Herrera also s…
- June 5, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsWe Need Diverse Books has stirred up debate on featuring more minorities in literature, speci…
May 29, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature finalists were announced tonight! Congrats to Can Xue, Caryl Churchill, Carolyn Forché, Aminatta Forna, Ann-Marie MacD…
May 22, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe jury for the 2016 Neustadt Prize has been announced! Discover the panel of nine writers w…
May 15, 20152013 Puterbaugh Fellow Maaza Mengiste. Photo by Shevaun Williams.…- May 8, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsNigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is serving as the co-curator for this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, a weeklong literature event that happened this week in New…
May 1, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews Scholar a…
April 29, 2015Although A. A. Milne is best known for everyone’s favorite honey-obsessed bear, he also wrote several collections of poetry for children and adults. In honor of National Poetry Month, here’s a little…
April 27, 2015Introspection is one of the key elements of growing up and moving forward. Though the process can be anywhere from melancholy to enlightening, the importance is in the journey. Coming just in time for…
April 24, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThe 2015 Pulitzer Book Prizes were announced this week. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr received the Pulitzer for fiction. A list of other winners is…
April 17, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsNobel laureate Günter Grass passed away in Lübeck, Germany, at the age of eighty-seven. We have a tribute to Grass written by longtime WLTcontributor Theodore Zio…
April 16, 2015Photo by Silvestri Matteo/UnsplashApril means three things: national poetry month, radiant nature, and beautiful poems inspired by it. If you know and love acclaimed naturalist writer Mary Oliver, che…
April 10, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsSome controversy surrounded the publication announcement of Harper Lee’s new work, Go Set A Watchman, and some wondered if she was manipulated into signing a cont…- April 3, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsThis year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Tomas Tranströmer receiving the Neustadt Prize, and we were saddened to hear he passed away last week. Read his poem…
April 1, 2015The realm of science fiction expands throughout languages, countries, and perhaps even the universe. Why do we cling to science fiction? The answers remain vast and abundant. Science fiction provides…
March 27, 2015Mia Couto. Photo by Shevaun WilliamsNews, Reviews, and Interviews Jonathan Stalling, deputy editor in chief of our sister publication Chinese Literature Today, joins in this radio conver…
March 19, 2015Jane Hirshfield. Photo by Nick RoszaNews, Reviews, and InterviewsBrand new literary translation publisher Deep Velllum is picking up momentum. The publisher has just released the first of legendary Me…- March 12, 2015News, Reviews, and Interviews March 8 was International Women’s Day. This list gives a brief background into the 13 women who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature since its start in 1901.…
- March 6, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTo kick off National Reading Month, Time magazine compiled a list of 15 life-changing books you can read in one day.Over 150 international poets, authors, and tra…
- February 27, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsA historian unearthed new work from Sherlock Holmes found in his attic. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the short story as a fundraiser to help save a town bridge.The U.S. Po…
- February 20, 2015News, Reviews, and InterviewsTurns out Harper Lee isn't the only one with unpublished manuscripts. Three more works by Dr.…
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