Podcast

Reimagining Folktales, But for the Ear: A Conversation with Mahsuda Snaith

August 30, 2019 | Carolyne Larrington

Audible’s new fiction podcast, Hag, launching August 29, features eight reimaginings of traditional British folktales by eight contemporary female writers, with folktales chosen from acr...
Race Matters Episode 3: Political Scientist Mackenzie Israel-Trummel Examines Race, Identity Politics Ahead Of 2016 Election

June 21, 2016 | Merleyn Bell

Just weeks before voters caucus in Iowa and head to the polls in New Hampshire, who will become the two major parties’ standard-bearers and win the nominations is still anyone’s guess. But race an...
Race Matters Episode 2: Educator Heather Shotton On Native American Identity

June 15, 2016 | Merleyn Bell

Episode summary Blowback against the long-standing use of Native American mascots highlights issues of identity and cultural appropriation. Supporters of using Native American symbols, names, and im...
The translation paradox, gender parity in the race for literary prizes, and more

March 18, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews In this article from the New York Review of Books, Tim Parks details the “translation paradox.” Recent WLT contributor Gabeba Baderoon has been annou...
Free verse, free podcasts, and donated books

August 17, 2012 | Kaitlin Hawkins

The world of literature never rests. This busy week was filled with new podcast lectures, new author interviews, and a new translation of a very old publication. Stay tuned to find out what's new next...