Alex Castro Ferreira, Be Proud, artist book / Courtesy of the artist / www.alexcastroferreira.com
Where have books been? Where are they going? In this tour d’horizon, Alice-Catherine Carls f…
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The Future of the Book
Francis Meslet, Forgotten Libraries series (2023) / francismeslet.comTranslator’s note: Almost thirty-five years have passed since the democratic awakening of central Europe, yet despite being praised…
For Shizue Ogawa, creating is more important than publishing and selling, and yet her readership has been steadily growing in Japan and internationally. Her poetry paints the world with serenity and w…
Artwork and photos by Kailee Bosch and Laurent NiclotWith the introduction of new platforms for reading and engaging with the printed word in recent decades, book lovers might be forced to wonder: Is…
Serge Chamchinov is a man of many languages and a scientist, visual artist, writer, and book binder. He creates first, then self-promotes his books through book reviews, exhibitions, and poetry festiv…
Since the Gutenberg revolution, the democratization of access to books has gradually widened the scope of representation in their pages. With that expansion, grassroots efforts have emphasized empower…
David Bradley, PhD (b. 1954, White Earth Ojibwe), Treaty Dollar (ca. 1998)/ Courtesy of the artistNative dream songs are forever in the clouds, and once more the empire wars are underway…
Italo Lanfredini, Piroghe-Mari (2019–21), 55 x 440 x 82cm, no. 2, pieces of poplar, gilding, shavings, and 56 poetic cards, Villa Medici del Vascello, San Giovanni in Croce, Italy / Courtesy of the ar…
“Books,” writes Robert Bringhurst, “are things that humans make, or try to make, as persistently as birds make nests, and we do it for similar reasons.” In the following essay, the author mulls the fu…
worldlittoday · Anna Frajlich - Prawdziwe (Real Books) Prawdziwe książki A jednak jeszcze czytają prawdziwe książki obracając stronę po stronie w autobusie w metrze w pociągu „Death in Ven…
Photo by Yousef Al-AbdullahWith her latest book of essays, Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times (2022), Iranian American writer Azar Nafisi offers a “resistance readi…
May 2023
The May 2023 issue of World Literature Today ponders “The Future of the Book,” featuring a marquee interview with Azar Nafisi and contributions by others on the subject of books and book culture. The book review section rounds up the best new books from around the world, and additional interviews, poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction, culture essays, a postcard from the former Yugoslavia, and an outpost from Berlin make the May issue your perfect summer reading companion.