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Over 50 Gothic novels spanning 250 years and from 14 different countries for the spooky season!

By Neshat Sadatmansoori

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts.

Our review of Qian Zhongshu's classic, "Fortress Besieged."

ALTA has been centered on the art, craft, and culture of literary translation for over four decades. Over the years, ALTA has grown in size and scope with an eye toward inclusivity and an aim to…

Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo, translated from the Spanish (Chile) by Robin Myers (Algonquin Books, January 13)

ALTA has been centered on the art, craft, and culture of literary translation for over four decades. Over the years, ALTA has grown in size and scope with an eye toward inclusivity and an aim to…

ALTA has been centered on the art, craft, and culture of literary translation for over four decades. Over the years, ALTA has grown in size and scope with an eye toward inclusivity and an aim to embra...

ALTA has been centered on the art, craft, and culture of literary translation for over four decades. Over the years, ALTA has grown in size and scope with an eye toward inclusivity and an aim to…

Therapy brings childhood trauma to light in this ambitious tale of family rupture – a smash hit in Italy that fails to live up to its hype

Originally published September 18 The Anthropic copyright infringement settlement is a milestone for the industry as the largest copyright settlement in history, but it does not come close to…

Raging and roaring: Daniel Lipara’s prose poem translated by Robin Myers, the latest post in the 2026 Words Without Borders–Academy of American Poets National Translation Month series.

ALTA has been centered on the art, craft, and culture of literary translation for over four decades. Over the years, ALTA has grown in size and scope with an eye toward inclusivity and an aim to…

Perhaps what matters is not where you are, but whether you can step back for a moment from existing cultural habits and see them again.

Experience an MFA in Creative Writing with our low residency program. Write at home, engage in intensive residencies, and thrive in a supportive community.

A precision of sounds and imagery capture the essence of elemental fire in Margaret Noodin’s self-translated poem from Ojibwe, the final post in the 2026 Words Without Borders–Academy of American…

Award-winning independent publisher of poetry, short fiction, and essay, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

Iana Boukova’s novel finds enchantment in digression, folklore, and the sensuous music of language.

The Taiwan Academy of Taiwan Mission in Los Angeles, supervised by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, has joined forces with the Chinese Animation an ...More

Toward the end of 2023, I was approached to translate Roberta Recchia’s debut novel All That is Left of Life. The book was still a few months away from publication in Italy, and Recchia’s name wasn…

The Bennington College Writing Seminars is a two-year low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program, with 10-day residencies in January and June.

World Languages and Literatures

Read SEEfest’s review of Night is More Abstract by Slovenian poet Miklavž Komelj, a richly layered collection exploring history, ideology, myth, and the everyday

The International Writing Program (IWP) is a unique conduit for the world’s literatures, connecting well-established writers from around the globe, bringing international literature into classrooms,…

Providing language services for the world since 1979 from a public research university

Greenwich Mean Time Leave the seismology of this dream for tomorrow. We have divided the distance we traveled. It’s an immeasurable altitude, off the grid, beyond the vast expanse of land, crossing…

Translation Studies at UCSB is a powerful focal point for global literature.

Four novels are among the French works in translation on Canadian publishers' lists this fall.

Ugly Duckling Presse is a nonprofit publisher for poetry, translation, experimental nonfiction, performance texts, & books by artists.

The text is one strand in a web of stories stretching backwards indefinitely. . .