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Published: February 18, 2025 19:26

Congratulations to WWB contributor Luke Leafgren, winner of the second Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize in the translation category! You can read Leafgren's work, like this translation of a novel excerpt by Shalash, on WWB:…

Published: February 17, 2025 17:41

In this intimate and insightful essay, Rosalind Harvey explores the complex emotional and professional terrain of literary translation, weaving together attachment theory, career precarity, and the unseen labor of bringing words across linguistic borders.…

Published: February 15, 2025 13:28

A young girl navigates the tension of her fractured family life, shaped by her mother’s erratic moods and the looming presence of “Ethel,” while trying to find peace working at the local flower shop. Read “The Paradise Lily” by Sirpa Kähkönen, translated…

Published: February 13, 2025 15:15

Right now, it’s important for teachers to affirm the experiences of refugees and asylum-seekers. From WWB Campus, this piece of graphic fiction “A Short Guide to Being the Perfect Political Refugee,” alongside its teaching resources, is a great tool for…

Published: February 12, 2025 14:28

2/26 at 6 pm ET: that’s when you can join WWB Campus for the launch of their Caribbean lit unit! Readers, teachers, and learners of all ages can join authors and translators from Lawrence Schimel to Jean D’Amérique at this free event. Snag your ticket…

Published: February 10, 2025 17:07

From our 2019 True Crime issue, “The Pain of Others” by @mahernandez.bsky.social (tr. Anna Milsom) is an attempt to reckon with a childhood friend’s shocking, long-ago act. Read it (& get ready for Hernandez’s newly released book from Other Press) at the…

Published: February 10, 2025 15:57

In this essay, Rosalind Harvey discusses translation through the lens of attachment theory, proposing that a translation process can be secure, insecure, or attached. Read  "Is That a Familiar Feeling?"on WWB: https://buff.ly/42OdRR3

Published: February 7, 2025 14:28

Everyone is welcome at the launch of WWB Campus’s new Caribbean lit unit, ft. Nathan H. Dize, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, and many more great writers & translators. If you love literature and learning (for all ages), join us on 2/26 at 6 pm:…

Published: February 6, 2025 17:14

Educators: applications to “Beyond ‘Story Mountain': Global Approaches to Inspire New Writing,” a virtual mini-course from WWB Campus and the Academy for Teachers, are due 2/6! Don’t miss your chance—click the link to apply.…

Published: February 6, 2025 15:43

Writers and translators: submissions to the Armory Square Prize are now open! Don't forget to submit (and to check out past Armory Square winners and finalists on WWB, of course). [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Published: February 6, 2025 14:26

A poem cycle from Ukraine on queer love, grief, and the slow passage of time. Read Alex Averbuch’s “Queer Shores of Ukraine,” translated from Ukrainian by Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky, and Alex Averbuch, on WWB: https://buff.ly/413WCtP

Published: February 5, 2025 17:41

After a compromising video circulates, a woman confronts hypocrisy in Mahua Sen Mukhopadhyay’s gripping tale, translated from Bengali by Sayari Debnath. Read “Viral,” a finalist for the 2024 Armory Square Prize for South Asian Literature in Translation, at…

Published: February 5, 2025 14:28

Educators: applications to “Beyond ‘Story Mountain': Global Approaches to Inspire New Writing,” a virtual mini-course from WWB Campus and the Academy for Teachers, are due 2/6! Don’t miss your chance—click the link to apply.…