Feminism

Thirty-Six

By Malika Moustadraf
February 8, 2022 | Malika Moustadraf

Photo by Guile Twardowski / Unsplash Malika Moustadraf is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Afric...
The Art of Telling the Truth: Chinese Female Stand-up Comedians

By Ping Zhu
February 1, 2021 | Ping Zhu

Yang Li. Photo from WEIBO. The emergence of “girl power” literally saved the show in Chinese stand-up comedy, while at the same time forming a concerted feminist voice. In this essay—punch...
Witch Trials, Symbiotic Mutualism, and the Poetry of Fury and Yearning: A Conversation with Kathryn Nuernberger

June 10, 2020 | Kathryn Savage

Kathryn Nuernberger is the author of the poetry collections RUE, The End of Pink, and Rag & Bone, and the essay collections Brief Interviews with the Romantic Pas...
Feminist Writing by Women from around the World

October 16, 2019 | Olivia McCourry

Asja Bakić Mars Translated by Jennifer Zoble Feminist Press, 2019 With imaginative and striking prose, Bosnian author Asja Bakić’s debut story collection, Mars,...
We Will Not Let Each Other Go

September 6, 2019 | Sandra Barba

Photo: Sandra Barba & Edited by Hugo González In Mexico’s “glitter revolution,” women stand in solidarity, protesting escalating violence against women. “This march belongs to...
Getting lost at the London Book Fair, Li-Young Lee on poetry, and more

April 22, 2016 | WLT

Photo: Comfreak/Pixabay News, Reviews, and Interviews Archivists discovered unpublished works by Pablo Neruda in 2014, and those works will be published in English this May in a collection titled...
End-of-year book lists, “versioning” as translation, and more

December 4, 2015 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews Literature in translation makes up 13% of the New York Times Notable Books for 2015 list. WLT contributor Claire Messud shares her reading highlights...
Jane Hirshfield’s “window moment” in poetry, delicate book sculptures, and more

March 19, 2015 | Jen Rickard Blair

Jane Hirshfield. Photo by Nick Rosza News, Reviews, and Interviews Brand new literary translation publisher Deep Velllum is picking up momentum. The publisher has just released the first of legendar...
Mo Yan wins the Nobel, Yang Mu wins the Newman, poetry on public transit, and more

October 12, 2012 | Kaitlin Hawkins

This week was filled with award announcements. Below, you'll find links to this week's major literary awards, including the National Book Award and the Nobel Prize for Literature. News, Review...