Jordanian poet Zuhair Abu Shayeb questions the limitations of history, water, and the past in this fervent poem.

The familiar tale of a recent college graduate trying to make his way in the world devolves into something more chilling in Hisham Bustani's short story.

In this introduction to our collection of Jordanian writing, guest editor Addie Leak details the country's diverse culture and vital literature.

Novelist Solvej Balle and translator Barbara J. Haveland discuss On the Calculation of Volume, longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

Novelist Samar Yazbek and translator Leri Price discuss Where the Wind Calls Home, longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

Novelist Fernanda Trías and translator Heather Cleary discuss Pink Slime, longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature.

An exasperated mother takes a dim view of homework and snails in this short story by Slovak writer Soňa Uriková.

Chinese poet and activist Yang Licai considers the eternal question of human suffering in this final selection in the 2024 Words Without Borders—Academy of American Poets National Translation Month series.

From an anthology of Yazidi poetry to Scholastique Mukasonga's latest novel, Tobias Carroll recommends September's must-reads in translation.

Yes, love was time, and it too / splintered and cracked

This WorldKidLit Month, join us for a survey of some of the most innovative and compelling Latin American children's books recently translated into English.

what is language? and what is the translation of war?

a sensation of intricate webs / soft, possibly smooth, and heavy

Slowly, with a crack, the snail shell breaks— / you don’t need it anymore.

The spider is hiding, why don’t you try touching the spiderweb

Let me begin this story with a confession: I don’t know how to pronounce my own name.

In this special #WITMonth edition of the Watchlist, Tobias Carroll recommends poetry from Tunisia, unsettling fiction from Japan, feminist nonfiction from Brazil, and much more.

Western intellectuals lack the historical experience common in other parts of the world.

Marianna Suleymanova is recognized for her translation of a powerful short story collection on the state of Russian society.

The gateway of poetry is opened by frail things.

The Nakba of 1948, and the endless states of exile and refugeedom into which it cast the Palestinian people across the Arab world and beyond, sparked many new trends and movements in modern Arabic literature and art during the second half of the twentieth…

I have learned that imperfection can be a motor for creativity.

The official briefing said, “The family has no objection to the findings”

Whenever too many wild boars started to appear, or disturbed the citizens, there would be an “operation.”

You’re in the middle of September, and life is a bridge in a dream.

VANISHÄVEN helps us enjoy the moment with the piece of furniture and appreciate it as long as it is there, and then also to let go when it has to vanish.

While my friends gathered on the dirt field to play soccer or capture the flag or to trade sports cards, I would keep Major Jacobina company in his office.

Tobias Carroll on six summer reads you won't want to miss, from a detective thriller banned in Vietnam to a collection of speculative stories from Egypt.

Jaquette is an experienced literary arts administrator and noted translator of Arabic literature.

In our civilized society, meeting a uniform standard for physical ability and beauty is a basic human right.