WorldLitWorkGroup

A graduate student-led initiative from Toronto's York University aimed at fostering dialogue and collaboration in the field of world literature.

[Laurence Laluyaux @LLaluyaux]

Some great suggestions here. On Jan 26, read @tokarczuk_olga’s Nobel lecture, THE TENDER NARRATOR. If you read it in English, the 🌟 translation is by @jenniferlcroft and #AntoniaLloydJones

[Lolwe @Lolwe_]

Issue 2 is LIVE! Guest editors: @3rdBombadil, @Gbadenaija, @Es_Taa. Illustrations: @cocoette_. Cover: @ErickeTjiueza. Stories, poems, essays & photos from Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Cameroon, Haiti, Kenya, Bahamas, Liberia, Uganda, USA, Togo, UK & more
https://t.co/bniSKrbn6q

[WorldLitWorkGroup @worldlitwg]

Happy Holidays! 💫💫💫

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

An Austrian literary festival goes online, Singapore Unbound launches new translation imprint, and the first ever direct Vietnamese translation of a Czech work marks diplomatic ties for the two countries.

All and more in world literature this week!
https://t.co/eQfkHkVVoa

[WordsWithoutBorders @wwborders]

“Who does Silvia think she is, she acts like she was born on a beach in the South of France.”

In @NewYorker, a story by @LaEnriquez1973, translated by Megan McDowell. https://t.co/iCDZMs9xjy

[Harvard Library @HarvardLibrary]

Alan Tu '23 started an international fiction collection in response to "the unfortunate reality that translated literary fiction makes up less than 1% of literature published in the US annually.” Now his prizewinning collection is a virtual exhibit: https://t.co/C3hg7mFhZc

[WordsWithoutBorders @wwborders]

In 2020, we published 158 writers from 49 countries working in 27 different languages. For 21 of these writers, it was their first time reaching English-language readers. Support a world of writers:

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

As Argentina's femicide crisis continues, Dolores Reyes' latest work features a young woman whose compulsion to eat earth gives her visions of the dead—and articulates a "wild, full-throated roar for change."

https://t.co/BJVvZHyynB

[WorldLiterature @WorldLitNetwork]

CFP: Abstract proposals are invited for 'Contemporary Fictions of Migration and Exile: Writing Diaspora in the 21st Century' edited by María Alonso Alonso & Bárbara Fernández Melleda. 500-word abstract summary, 5 keywords and a bio note due March 31 2021. https://t.co/KQgA2LP6CU

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

Travel with the Asymptote staff one last time this year as December brings us three new translations!

Join us in Romania, Spain, and France for the latest in excellent literature:

https://t.co/CLoVEbBtXy

[WorldLitWorkGroup @worldlitwg]

What, really, is World Literature – for example in relation to Comp Lit, Postcolonial Studies, Literary Theory & Translation Studies?

Read Nasra Smith's excellent piece on this thought-provoking and important subject on our blog!

https://t.co/EGMhz7VGQi

#Literature #theory

[WorldLitWorkGroup @worldlitwg]

Happy Hanukkah! 💫💫💫

[LatAmLitToday @LatAmLitToday]

Today would have been Clarice Lispector's 100th birthday! To celebrate her and her works, read a book review on Cerca del corazón salvaje by Lucía Tennina, in #translation by @ChiehLanTang: https://t.co/JZD4L1jHAS

[WorldLiterature @WorldLitNetwork]

Interesting review of the recently published anthology 'Nairobi Noir' edited by Peter Kimani, with short stories by Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Ngumi Kibera, Winfred Kiunga & others, over @AfricainWords https://t.co/iFwpXPbbRF

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

For almost a century, Rainer Maria Rilke’s words in Letters to a Young Poet have inspired generations—from young people struggling with uncertainty to the rich and famous.

But what did the 'Young Poet' Rilke was sending letters to have to say for himself?
https://t.co/6NxXiJGZyp

[PoetryInTranslation @PoetryInTransl]

We're very happy to welcome Jim Levy to Poetry in Translation with the #openaccess publication of "Elation, a Plea"
https://t.co/WxqSzXdK9N

This poem, from his collection "Monet’s Eyes", encapsulates Epicurus' philosophy according to Diogenes of Oenoanda.

[Literary Hub @lithub]

"Putting together a reading list for a new creative writing program, I saw an opportunity to diversify and decolonize." https://t.co/Qol34qIxlx

[WorldLitWorkGroup @worldlitwg]

We continue the exploration of our archive with highlighting this piece where @tylerscottball juxtaposes his encounters with the Institute for World Literature at #Harvard with the annual conference of @AfricanLitAssoc!

[WordsWithoutBorders @wwborders]

The five books you won’t want to miss this month, translated from Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Croatian, and Galician. Check out @tobiascarroll’s November Watchlist now: https://t.co/GrFYZoWB11

@commapress @udpbooks @TwoLinesPress @EdgarGarbelotto @open_letter @smallstations