"These poems are laden with grief, but also, to my ears, carry a tremendous love and hope, without which, surely, there could be no endurance," writes critic Mandana Chaffa. With members across ...

What particular translation challenges arose as you brought Layla Martínez’s Woodworm into English? Listen to Sophie Hughes ...

This reading list spotlights books by nine Mexican women writers who are shaping the literary scene in Mexico and beyond.

For as long as Palestinians have resisted their occupiers, a companion narrative questioning our very existence, a profoundly dehumanizing narrative rooted in the West’s still unexamined anti-Arab ...

Ghayath Almadhoun writes a transformative love poem as the beloved and the lover negotiate minefields and soldiers, Adorno, and a collapsing Tower of Babel. She said there is a word in the Arabic ...

Jordanian poet and writer Lana al-Majali delivers a sweeping argument for the brilliance, and urgency, of poetry. You rummage through your wardrobe, the pockets of your gray winter coats, the kitchen ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand cultural understanding by giving readers unparalleled access to contemporary ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand cultural understanding by giving readers unparalleled access to contemporary ...

No matter how many times he put the kitten back down on the floor, it leaped right back up, even though the bed was many times its height. Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global ...