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January 25, 2023 |
A play written by World Literature Today Executive Director RC Davis-Undiano will open at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at Yellow Dog Coffee Company in Norman. Free and open to the public, the play is sche... -
January 24, 2023 |
Photo by Eric Prouzet on Unsplash World Literature Today is seeking applicants for consideration to join the magazine as its principal designer. The official university listing for th... -
December 14, 2022 |
Photo by Hans Eiskonen / Unsplash Fresh off our delight in seeing Kamilah Aisha Moon’s poem “Fireflies” in the Pushcart Prize XLVII anthology, the editors of World Literature Toda... -
October 31, 2022 |
“Tar Creek Below Contamination Area,” “Chat Pile,” and “Sinkhole,” from Picher, Oklahoma, by Todd Stewart worldlittoday · “Red Dirt and Brownfields: Humanities Perspectives on Ecological Res... -
October 24, 2022 |
World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Gene Luen Yang as the winner of the 2023 NSK Neustadt P... -
October 14, 2022 |
Photo by Amador Loureiro / Unsplash Submissions open: October 15, 2022, to January 2, 2023 ~ for translations published during 2022 ~ early submissions encouraged At midnig... -
September 14, 2022 |
World Literature Today is proud to be the recipient of two grants in support of the 2022 Neustadt Lit Fest: a Norman Arts Council Arts Program Support Grant and an NEA American Rescue Plan S... -
September 8, 2022 |
NORMAN, OKLA. (Sept. 7, 2022) – The Neustadt Lit Fest, a celebration of international literature and culture, will take place Oct. 24–26 on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. Headlined by Boub... -
August 26, 2022 |
In this seventh episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 30 books by Indigenous writers, with a special shout-out to 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Li... -
June 27, 2022 |
Top row (left to right): Gene Luen Yang, Rita Williams-Garcia, Barbara McClintock. Middle Row: Molly Knox Ostertag (credit: Noelle Stevenson 2020), Renée Watson. Bottom row: Richard Van Camp (cre... -
May 23, 2022 |
Top Row (left to right): William Alexander, Raúl Colón, Veera Hiranandani. Middle row: Jessica Kim, Trung Le Nguyen (credit: Laura Duholm), Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich. Bottom row: Lawrence Sch... -
May 17, 2022 |
The 2022 Student Translation Prize Winners, Emily Graham and Aziza Kasumov. Aziza Kasumov and Emily Graham were recently named the recipients of the fifth annual translation prize for students... -
May 10, 2022 |
WLT staff members with Rep. Merleyn Bell after being honored with a citation on the floor of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Front row (left to right): Daniel Simon, Terri Stub... -
May 5, 2022 |
Laura and Bunmi celebrate books by Latinx authors—growing up, food, and immigration plus a section about beautifully illustrated books and a shout-out to 2021 NSK Prize finalist Meg Medina. Cover env... -
May 2, 2022 |
The May/June issue of WLT will be featured in a launch event in Oklahoma City’s Paseo Arts District on Friday, May 6. The public is invited to help celebrate the 400th issue of the magazine... -
February 24, 2022 |
Laura and Bunmi celebrate 41 books by Black authors. From Black joy to history to empowerment, the books on this list provide affirming messages for children and young adults with a special shout-out... -
December 20, 2021 |
In this fourth episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 18 books in translation for children and young adults, with translations from Japanese, German, French, Itali... -
December 2, 2021 |
Photo by Parée / Flickr The editors of World Literature Today are delighted to announce our annual shortlist of Pushcart nominations for 2021. Pushcart Prize XLVII will honor... -
October 26, 2021 |
(c) Rama, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr NORMAN, OKLA. – World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday e... -
October 12, 2021 |
World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, will host the 2021 Neustadt Lit Festival on Zoom from Oct. 25–27. The fest... -
September 20, 2021 |
In this third episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 17 books from the Middle East and Northern Africa. Persian New Year, a diverse take on Alice in Wonderland... -
August 4, 2021 |
In this second episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 42 books that connect with history. Find out what they read this summer and why these books should be on your shelf. P... -
July 27, 2021 |
The first-place winning design in the 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest poster design project by Sydney Sleeper University of Oklahoma students Sydney Sleeper, Andie Trillo and Jamie McCarley have been a... -
July 6, 2021 |
In its recently launched summer issue, World Literature Today — the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture — presents a historic cover featur... -
June 24, 2021 |
WLT is joining the BookTube world! The show is WLT Book Buzz, hosted by two former interns who now work in children’s book publishing. After watching Laura Hernandez and Bunmi Ishol...
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