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Published: March 11, 2025 16:16
“Poetry and medicine are nothing without the human body, its aspirations, its desires to possess and be possessed, to reconcile the inevitability of being on earth and eventually in or out of it.”
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Published: March 11, 2025 14:28
Explore irony in the classroom with this sardonic Haitian lullaby from WWB Campus’s Caribbean unit. Read “Poem for Children With Trouble Sleeping” by Jean D’Amérique (tr. Nathan Dize) on WWB Campus:
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Published: March 11, 2025 14:05
In “By Any Other Name,” a strange encounter forces a narrator to parse the line between hallucination and reality. Read the excerpt from Kim Heejin’s 'No Matter How Odd' (tr. Paige Aniyah Morris) on WWB: buff.ly/j5CEr2r
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Published: March 10, 2025 16:41
On WWB, Paige Aniyah Morris contemplates the choice not to explicitly name disability in Kim Heejin’s novel “No Matter How Odd.” Read this essay on representation and style from our issue “Translating Disability”: buff.ly/aIqqHxC
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Published: March 10, 2025 13:28
In a world where housing lotteries dictate destinies and mold grows faster than hope, a woman finds herself calculating the cost of survival—not in money, but in silence, compromise, and quiet defiance. Read “The Brightest World I Knew” by Lim Sol-A (tr.…
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Published: March 9, 2025 20:01
From the WWB archives, this Greek novel excerpt takes the form of a witty, meditative letter from a woman to her ex-girlfriend. Read “Inside a Girl Like You” by Angela Dimitrakaki (tr. Karen Emmerich): buff.ly/CnG3gLC
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Published: March 8, 2025 18:41
In honor of International Women's Day 2025, WWB spotlights 8 women writers who have celebrated their English-language debut this past year. Read the list, written by our Editorial Fellow Elete Nelson-Fearon: buff.ly/UqIttBg
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Published: March 7, 2025 17:41
WWB is hiring an editorial fellow! Gain experience in literary magazine publishing and receive mentorship from WWB editors. Apply for this remote, part-time position at the link: buff.ly/tQC3YP7
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Published: March 7, 2025 15:55
For International Women’s Day, Editorial Fellow Elete Nelson-Fearon shares a list of women writers who made English-language debuts in WWB this year. 🧵 buff.ly/MT3NjrG
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Published: March 7, 2025 15:39
This #InternationalWomensDay, we want to share the poem "June 12, in Prison" by Kerima Lorena Tariman—which Amanda Socorro Lacaba Echanis translated from Filipino.…
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Published: March 6, 2025 18:41
Have you checked out WWB Campus's new Caribbean Unit? With work from Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Martinique, and the Dominican Republic, this is a fascinating resource for educators, students, and readers of all kinds.
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Published: March 6, 2025 17:41
So excited to see this from our Poetry Editor Sohini Basak!
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Published: March 6, 2025 17:41
Fabulous work in translation recommended on this list:
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Published: March 6, 2025 13:28
In this short story by French writer Adèle Rosenfeld and translated from French by Jeffrey Zuckerman, a man's unusual new job leads him to question the very nature of language, labor, and meaning itself. Read the story on WWB: buff.ly/41aNp1q
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Published: March 5, 2025 19:03
Looking for an answer to this question? Meet your favorite translator on WWB—personally, our favorite translator is all of them. wordswithoutborders.org
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Published: March 5, 2025 17:41
This excerpt from Angela Dimitrakaki’s “Inside a Girl Like You” (tr. Karen Emmerich) takes the form of a reflective letter from a woman to an ex-girlfriend. Read this Greek story here: buff.ly/ZbdgOph