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World Literature Today wants your votes in our “15 Books for the 21st Century, 2021–2025” poll. We asked writers to nominate 1 book that most enlightened, astonished, or moved them. Now it’s your turn! Voting is open through March 5.
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If you haven't yet discovered Veronica Esposito's Untranslatable column, here's a great entry point.
How has the loanword ℎ𝑦𝑔𝑔𝑒 tapped into the cultural zeitgeist? Consider the origins of ℎ𝑦𝑔𝑔𝑒 and how translation makes a well-worn concept new in Veronica Esposito’s most recent Untranslatable column. #hygge #translation
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“Katie Whittemore’s translation of Juan Gómez Bárcena’s Not Even the Dead is a master class in the art of translation.” Andrew Martino (@apmartino) reviews this “hallucination, existing somewhere between the worlds of Joseph Conrad and Cormac McCarthy.”
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“Acts of radical love are higher forms of courage that try to push back the wretchedness that is so dominant inside of all human beings.” Cornel West in conversation with Karlos K. Hill. @thinking4achang
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Want to learn more about HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY author Norman Erikson Pasaribu? Check out this brilliant interview with @MJatWLT for @worldlittoday tinyurl.com/4t8mrs33
“In all, the book is a beautiful exposition of a brand-new way of looking at mathematical proofs.” Firdous Ahmad Mala reviews a book that “attempts to present mathematical proofs as forms of narrative.”
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What’s the best book gift you’ve ever received? Tweet us using the hashtag #BestGiftBookWLT, or use our website form in the link. We’ll choose 5 entries and donate a copy of each book to the Norman Public Schools libraries in your name. @NormanSchools
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So thankful for this conversation with @IdraNovey and this book, Take What You Need. It's a great read that raises big questions we need to grapple with in this deeply divided country.
"Is this what the US is doing?"
I loved the frank questions from Michelle Johnson for this interview about TAKE WHAT YOU NEED for @worldlittoday and the chance to discuss favorite Rust Belt books by @NifMuhammad and Joan Chase.
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Can anyone point me to any online writing workshops available to high school students, particularly those that are self-paced?
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Hearing @jerichobrown read his work this morning was emotional, thought-provoking, and fun—in short, the very best way to spend a morning. He reads again tonight @ the Meinders School of Business, Oklahoma City University!
I was able to read an advance of this novel, and it is outstanding—a novel of ideas with a propulsive plot: I wanted to read quickly because I couldn't put it down, but I also kept wanting to slow down and underline so many pieces.
I can't wait to discuss this novel soon with friends and readers living in myriad states within this mystifying nation.
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We’re celebrating a year of literary translation with our annual 75 Notable Translations list! What would you add? What are you looking forward to reading in 2023?
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Michele Levy reviews this “haunting novel,” short-listed for the Booker Prize, which “traces the tragic descent into violent despotism of democratic, newly free Zimbabwe.”
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Who’s watching Prey on Hulu? Go behind the scenes with co-consultant Dustin Tahmahkera: “Set in the 1700s, during a time of Comanche borderlands dominance, Prey is a wicked and thrilling story.”
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We’re celebrating #WITMonth with a new convo between translator Michelle Mirabella & Chilean author Catalina Infante Beovic. What a literary duo! @MirabellaM_
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I'm reading this one now and finding it impossible to put down. I both want to finish it tonight and dread running out of pages. A reader's quandary.
Ling Ma considers “whether a world plagued by global capitalism is that different from one plagued by zombies.” Alexandra McManus reviews this “brilliant work that examines both the extreme and the established to show how deeply these issues shape us.”
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I am in Ukraine right now to see my uncle who’s been ill. I have stories to share in due time. But for now, a plea for help: if you have the means, might you consider donating to refugee center in Odesa?
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The July issue is up! Begin reading special sections on Odesa and Kharkiv, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, + essays, poems, stories, interviews, and reviews from around the world.
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I'm reading this book now and am caught up in it. I loved Migrations, too.
"There is cruelty to survive, to fight against, but there is gentleness more than anything, our roots deep and entangled. That is what we hold inside, what we take with us, the way we look after each other." ❤️
#OnceThereWereWolves is yet another masterpiece by @CharMcConaghy
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📢Meet the 9 jurors for the 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature! Stay tuned for the list of finalists (in June) and other news!
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