“That essays, whatever they are (and they are notoriously hard to define), are not articles becomes quickly evident when you read good ones, like the selection offered here.” Chris Arthur reviews the 38th in the Best American Essays series.

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“Rubinstein’s attention to detail and intelligent wordplay invite readers to discover beauty and complexity in the seemingly ordinary.” Daria Shchukina compares the poetry of Russian writer Lev Rubinstein to wandering through a conceptualist art museum.

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“Bless this land from the top of its head to the bottom of its feet . . .”

Print, carry in your pocket, and read Joy Harjo’s “Bless This Land” for Poem in Your Pocket Day! #PocketPoem

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Friends in Tulsa, WLT contributors Rilla Askew, Rob Roensch, and Quraysh Ali Lansana will be reading at the Tulsa LitFest Friday night alongside other writers from Belle Point Press and Calliope Press!

“It is the aliveness of her poems, the voice speaking from and reaching across the distance, that gives us Susan Atefat-Peckham’s poetic vision made anew even in her bodily absence.” Persis Karim reviews this “balm for us in this time.”

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New on the WLT Weekly, Ethel Rohan talks with us about her new novel, what her favorite stories do, which one book by an Irish writer she would have everyone read, and more.

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“Readers will find this novel a tender and painful quest for a young person who struggles to find a sense of belonging.” Naazley Boozari reviews Khashayar J. Khabushani’s debut novel.

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Our editor in chief, Daniel Simon, is in conversation with 𝑊𝐿𝑇 contributor Chibueze Darlington Anuonye in Lincoln, Nebraska, this Friday at 12:30 pm (Platte River Room South, UNL Union). They’ll discuss literary editing and publishing poetry. Come by and meet them!

Daniel Simon, 𝑊𝐿𝑇 ’s editor in chief, has a new collection of poems out, and he’ll be launching this new book, his third collection, at Francie & Finch Bookshop in Lincoln, Nebraska, at 5:30 pm on Friday, April 19. If you’re in or near Lincoln, go by and get your book signed!

It’s time for a readership survey! Please help us further improve by sharing your comments, critiques, or kudos about WLT. To thank you, we’ll enter your name in a drawing to receive a 1-year subscription to the digital edition of WLT or a book!

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WLT contributor Wendy Call has book events across the US in the next two months—several chances to meet her, hear her read, and get your books signed!

“Lady Tan’s Circle of Women emphasizes the significance and necessity of mutual support among women.” Xie Fengjiao reviews Lisa See’s novel based on the true story of a female doctor in fifteenth-century China.

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“Her writing expresses the magnitude of Liliana’s absence much less by describing her death or the grief of those who loved her than by sustaining her sister’s vitality.” Ryan Long reviews Cristina Rivera Garza’s book dedicated to her sister.

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“Ginzburg’s characters are notably singular creations.” Rita Signorelli-Pappas reviews this “unforgettable narrative.”

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Congrats to Rashi Rohatgi, whose translation of an excerpt by Abhimanyu Unnuth was longlisted for the inaugural Best Literary Translations 2024!

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Congrats to Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, whose translations of two pieces by Anastasia Afanasieva were longlisted for the inaugural Best Literary Translations 2024!

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Congrats to Cynthia Steele, whose translation of two Mapuche-Huiliche poems by Jaime Huenún Villa, published by WLT, was chosen for inclusion in Best Literary Translations 2024!

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Happy pub day to the first US anthology celebrating literary translators’ work! Editor Jane Hirshfield selected the final 33 pieces. Congrats to everyone included in this inaugural volume, published by Deep Vellum!

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“Art and love are thus equated as simultaneously subject to historical circumstances” Graziano Krätli reviews Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s adaptation of Pak Wan-sŏ’s autobiographical first novel.

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“Every avid reader of African scholarship should find the essays collected in African Battle Traditions of Insult both intriguing and judicious.” Dike Okoro reviews this monograph of wide-ranging topics and territory, edited by Tanure Ojaide.

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