Book Reviews Photo by Chris Wood / Flickr Houston’s Second Poet Laureate (2015–2017) and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters since 2019, Robin Davidson is the author of three books of poetry: Kneeling in the Dojo (2013), City That Ripens on the Tree of the World (2013), and Luminous Other (2013), for which she received the Ashland Poetry Press 2012 Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize. As part of her work as poet laureate for the city of Houston in 2015–2017, she produced the anthology Houston’s Favorite Poems (2018) that was modeled on Robert Pinsky’s Favorite Poem Project. She has co-translated from Polish the poems of Ewa Lipska (The New Century, 2009, and Dear Ms. Schubert, 2021). Poetry and translation are now united in her new book: Mrs. Schmetterling (Arrowsmith Press, 2021) is a transmutation of Ms. Schubert, the muse of an elusive Mr. Schmetterling, to whom Ewa Lipska devoted sixty-one poems in four volumes between 1999 and 2013. It reveals Davidson’s dedication to giving greater visibility to women and her desire to share poetry at all the stages of its creation through a community united by what Goethe called Wahlverwandschaften. If it took Lipska sixteen years to develop the character of Ms. Schubert, it took almost that long for Davidson to birth Mrs. Schmetterling. She added to Lipska’s multilayered cultural resonances and prolonged the cast of characters surrounding her. Most importantly, her... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'
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A posthumous anthology of photo essays by the curator and art historian reveals the “troubling reality” of prejudice and the power of images to “undermine the very concept of difference.” Continue reading at The New York Times
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WLT Announces Best Literary Translations 2026 Nominees and 2025 Shortlisted Titles, by The Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Wed, 12/18/2024 - 14:08 Translators nominated for Best Literary Translations 2026 (top row, left to right):... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Announcing WLT’s 2024 Pushcart Prize Nominees, by Daniel Simon News and Events [email protected] Mon, 12/02/2024 - 14:06 Top row (left to right): Santiago Acosta, Chantha Nguon, Rina Garcia Chua. Bottom row: Erica N. Cardwell, Leila Guerriero,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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"After the water receded and the clean up began, many writers began to process what they experienced through writing, while others couldn’t write at all." Continue reading at Book Riot
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Making Love to an Ancient Poem: In Conversation with Arundhathi Subramaniam, by Graziano Krätli Interviews [email protected] Mon, 11/18/2024 - 07:26 In this interview focused on devotional Indian poetry (bhakti), Arundhathi Subramaniam (b. 1973)... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Amazon has released a new trailer for Secret Level, the upcoming Prime Video show that tells stories set in the worlds of beloved, popular or even upcoming games (and also Concord). Given that it’s an anthology series, there’s unlikely to be an overarching plot, so there’s not much to grok here... Continue reading at Engadget
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One of fantasy and sci-fi’s all-time greats has passed away. Artist Greg Hildebrandt, known for his iconic work on Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Marvel and Magic: The Gathering, died on Thursday at 85. He and his twin brother Tim, who died in 2006, were a powerhouse duo — the Brothers... Continue reading at Engadget
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As the Erotic Review is joined by dating app Feeld’s literary magazine and Gillian Anderson’s anthology of women’s fantasies, there seems to be a fresh appetite for writing about desire‘Sexual liberation must mean freedom to enjoy sex on our terms, to say what we want, not what we are pressured... Continue reading at The Guardian
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An anthology of holiday horror, Arthurian retellings, a memoir + whodunit, and more of today's best book deals Continue reading at Book Riot
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Cherie Dimaline Wins NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature News and Events [email protected] Tue, 10/22/2024 - 17:01 World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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The classic men’s suit refuses to die. Despite disruptive sartorial movements like the rise of streetwear and the increasing casualization of C-suite uniforms — not to mention a global pandemic that put everyone in athleisure — the final nail in its coffin has yet to be hammered.In fact, some... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Give me more Putinas, por favor: A Conversation with Giannina Braschi, by Sandra Guzmán Interviews [email protected] Mon, 09/23/2024 - 15:16 Photo by Laurent BadessiThe last time I saw Giannina Braschi was a year ago at the 92NY in New York City.... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Three Poems from Transylvania, by Gizella Hervay Poetry [email protected] Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:03 Photo by AVTG / Stock.adobe.comTranslator’s note: Gizella Hervay (1934–1982) is sometimes referred to as the “Ingeborg Bachmann of Transylvania.”... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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A party supported by pals who made it through rush hour rain was appropriate for an anthology celebrating female friendshipNervous as I am of organising parties, I could hardly have launched a book about friendship without throwing one. And so it was that last Tuesday night, I found myself in... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The Internet Archive is starting to run out of legal options. Wired reports that the non-profit internet cataloguer of videos, games and books lost its appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The court rejected Archive.org’s claim in its ongoing lawsuit with several high... Continue reading at Engadget
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“Wild Text Raging”: A Conversation with Threa Almontaser, by Renee H. Shea Interviews [email protected] Tue, 09/03/2024 - 14:05 Photo courtesy of the author / ThreaWrites.comThe Wild Fox of Yemen, by Threa Almontaser, received the Academy of... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Threshing Pain and Passion through Poetry: Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper, by James Manteith Book Reviews [email protected] Wed, 08/28/2024 - 14:10 Gjekë Marinaj’s Teach Me How to Whisper: Horses and Other Poems, co-translated by the... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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'Deep Cuts,' written by Kyle Higgins and Joe Clark and featuring a diverse group of artists, is a richly imagined and illustrated anthology that uses fictional vignettes to recreate the history of Jazz. An 11-page excerpt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Secret Level is a gaming-inspired anthology series coming to Prime Video on December 15. The upcoming Amazon title is from the same team behind Netflix's Love, Death and Robots. From the teaser released during Gamescom, this new project will be continuing the Blur Studio specialty for creating... Continue reading at Engadget
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New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. Hum by Helen Phillips Robots have become a regular fixture of the workforce, and humans are losing their jobs to AI. Climate change is wreaking havoc on the planet. It’s getting harder and harder for the average person to... Continue reading at Engadget
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