Writing
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November 21, 2017 |
Seth Michelson / Courtesy of Washington & Lee University In October 2017 nonprofit press Settlement House released Dreaming America: Voices of Undocumented Youth in Maximum-Security Detention... -
February 13, 2017 |
The Free Minds book club and writing workshop at AWP empowered young inmates to “write new chapters in their lives.” Said Nokomis, “Free Minds encouraged me to be a better writer . . . to be a bigger... -
August 26, 2016 |
Photo by Syd Wachs/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews The September issue of WLT is here! Get your print or digital copy, or read the entire issue on the website for only $1.25 a month.... -
July 1, 2016 |
Photo: Frankieleon/Flickr News, Reviews, and Interviews The new owner of the Elizabeth Bishop House shares why she sees the poet and Neustadt laureate’s home as “sacred.” Recent WLT contri... -
June 22, 2016 |
Was Lou Andreas-Salomé a writer or a muse, a feminist or a femme fatale? A new film by Cordula Kablitz-Post looks at one of Europe’s most influential intellectuals—and at her complicated life.... -
November 30, 2015 |
Arch of Marcus Aurelius, Tripoli. Photo by Neil Weightman. “Whoever is uprooted, uproots others.” Simone Weil’s wise words to Charles de Gaulle, future president of France, in 1943, with France still... -
June 19, 2015 |
News, Reviews, and Interviews Israeli writer Etgar Keret was interviewed recently on NPR. Keret discussed how he learned storytelling and survival from his father who survived the Holocaust.... -
August 29, 2014 |News, Reviews, and Interviews This week, the world mourned the passing of Palestinian poet Samih al-Qasim. In her first New York City appearance in over 10 years, Herta Müller discuss...
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July 28, 2014 |
While staring at the paper on his writing desk, the author wonders whether he’s building a new Tower of Babel. There is a poem I know, by a poet who shall remain unnamed, in which the poet en... -
May 23, 2014 |News, Reviews, and Interviews Following success at this year’s London Book Fair, where Korean literature was the main theme and focus, The Korea Times notes that K-Lit is now...
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March 18, 2014 |
New Vessel Press recently released The Good Life Elsewhere, Vladimir Lorchenkov’s scathing satire from Moldova. Born and currently living in Moldova, Lorchenkov is a laureate of Russia’s... -
September 13, 2013 |This week is a celebration of several new milestones: the Man Booker shortlist came out, with Colm Tóibín’s novel, The Testament of Mary, coming in as the shortest nominated book in the prize...
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July 2, 2013 |
“Dogs bark,” writes Warren Motte, “for the same reasons that I write: it’s our way of coming to terms with things, gropingly, imprecisely, and as best we can.” Photo: Thomas Hawk/Flickr I h... -
May 7, 2013 |
In my travels around the global literary scene, the question of a writerly identity has never seemed more precarious, conflicted, and urgent than with writers from Africa. More often... -
February 21, 2013 |Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. played himself in the movie Back to School, where he comically helps the wealthy Thornton Melon (played by Rodney Dangerfield) in a homework scheme that backfires. “Dear M...
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August 31, 2012 |This week was full of new items worthy of our "Fun Finds and Inspiration" title. But don't forget to mark your calendars with the events listed under "For Your Calendar"! News, Reviews, and In...
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August 24, 2012 |This week was again full of exciting literary news, including several news items about past Neustadt and Puterbaugh participants, which we love to see! (By the way, the 2012 Neustadt Festival is just...
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Michael Berry is a professor of Asian languages and cultures and director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA. He has published...
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even nearer: the Walmart clerk
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