Attar’s The Conference of the Birds, just released in a new translation, is a deeply meaningful and spiritual work, delightfully packed with lively banter, pathos, clever hyperbole, cheek…
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World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and…
The University of Oklahoma’s Center for Middle East Studies; Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics; and World Literature…
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Photo by Laurent BadessiThe last time I saw Giannina Braschi was a year ago at the 92NY in New York City. The auditorium was packed—800-plus New…