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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... -
June 15, 2021 |
Left column (top to bottom): Boubacar Boris Diop, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya; Middle left column: Michális Ganás, Cristina Rivera Garza, Jean-Pierre Balpe; Middle right column: Natalie Diaz,... -
May 20, 2021 |
Mariah Rust and Xin Xu recently were named the recipients of the fourth annual translation prize for students sponsored by World Literature Today at the University of Oklahoma. Consistent wi... -
May 4, 2021 |
Left column (top to bottom): R. O. Kwon, Matthew Shenoda. Center left: Carlos Labbé, Fowzia Karimi, Jennifer Croft. Center right: Carlos Pintado, Hamid Ismailov, Eleni... -
March 19, 2021 |
WLT is helping co-sponsor the three-day “Reflecting on the Past, Facing the Future” symposium (April 8–10) in Norman and Tulsa, which will commemorate the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massac... -
March 10, 2021 |
Photo by Wendy Call Best Translations: An Annual Anthology an independent project endorsed by the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Call for an... -
December 9, 2020 |
Photo by Wendy Call / www.wendycall.com Extended Deadline for Applications: Monday, February 1, 2021 Call for Applications: Two series co-editors, one with expertise i... -
November 30, 2020 |
Photo: Quarantine portrait. Tulsa, Oklahoma. March 22, 2020, by Joseph Rushmore. This photograph accompanied the publication of Rilla Askew's "Cataclysm" in the Summer 2020 issue of ... -
October 20, 2020 |
Photo by Christopher T. Assaf World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Cynthia Leitich Smit... -
September 10, 2020 |
World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced today that the 2020 Neustadt Lit Festival will be held entirely...
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