PEN Literary Awards

The great American word mapper, a radio interview with Dubravka Ugrešić, and more

January 20, 2017 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews Last Friday, President Obama spoke about the indispensable role that books played during his presidency and throughout his life. The 2...
Literary award prizewinners, the state of translation in Myanmar, and more

April 15, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews The PEN Literary Award winners have been announced! The 2016 L.A. Times Book Prize winners have also been announced—recent Neustadt juror Valeria Luiselli won the fict...
How the memoir has shaped the Black literary tradition, bookmarks with legs, and more

February 5, 2016 | WLT

Image: MyBookmark/Etsy News, Reviews, and Interviews This Hong Kong bookseller is keeping banned books on his shelves, selling works that are critical of the Chinese leadership. Slovenian author Al...
Literary prizes, Chinese poetry, bookish hotels, and more

March 27, 2015 | Jen Rickard Blair

Mia Couto. Photo by Shevaun Williams News, Reviews, and Interviews Jonathan Stalling, deputy editor in chief of our sister publication Chinese Literature Today, joins in this radio conversa...
George Saunders on satire, millionaire poets, and more

June 27, 2014 | Kaitlin Hawkins

We’ll be taking a two-week summer break from our Friday Lit Links, returning on Friday, July 18th. In the meantime, you can follow us on Twitter @worldlittoday to keep up with all the latest literary...