In Kyongmi Park’s dreamlike narrative poem, the sea and the body shape each other in mysterious ways and raise questions about community and selfhood.

From Anne Carson’s groundbreaking translations to Geetanjali Shree’s Booker-winning work, Deo explores the complex dynamics of translation, cultural appropriation, and the reception of non-Western literature in the Western literary world.

In “The Little Brother,” Bulgarian novelist Yordan Slaveykov follows a young protagonist grappling with loneliness, emotional turmoil, and the heavy burden of unspoken words.

In this Fahmida Riaz poem, the police come looking for incendiary material and find a writer’s blazing vision instead.

Poet Lu Ye takes us through a gynecological report rewritten in lyric prose.

Tobias Carroll rounds up the latest in international literature, from Saou Ichikawa's novel of disability and sex to Tierno Monénembo's story of a Guinean woman in exile.

As Gaddafi's radical policies take hold in Libya, a family grapples with fear, loss, and the threat of betrayal in this excerpt from Najwa Bin Shatwan's novel Concerto, shortlisted for the IPAF in 2023.

Set against the backdrop of Libya's turbulent political landscape, this excerpt from The Colonel by Kawther Eljehmi explores the complexities of survival, loyalty, and identity.

As Italy invades Tripoli in 1911, a young girl witnesses the beginnings of war in this excerpt from Aisha Ibrahim's Box of Sand, longlisted for the 2023 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

Russian refugee Anya struggles with the trauma of immigrant life in Norway in this excerpt from Yulia Yakovleva's Abusive Motherland.

Three powerful poems from Adivasi poet Vajesinh Pargi.

Six judges of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle's Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize share their appreciations of the six shortlisted titles.

“That seems more accurate, yes. That’s what I’m like. A shadow.”

In life, as in the novel, disability is so much more than its designations.

In honor of International Women's Day 2025, WWB spotlights 8 women writers who have celebrated their English-language debut this past year.

On days I wore sneakers, I was treated as abled, and on days I wore sandals, I was treated as disabled.

Suddenly the world felt incredibly sad. What battle to fight, and for who, if each battle bore the seed of its own destruction?

New fiction and poetry from Hong Kong, Oman, Portugal, and more: Tobias Carroll recommends this month's standout reads in translation.

Either way, they were erasing the novel’s essence: the disabled experience.

Clare Richards underscores the significance of D/deaf, disabled, and/or neurodivergent writers and translators presenting their community on their own terms.

The deadline to submit applications for the 2025–26 WWB Editorial Fellowship has passed. Due to the volume of applications received, we will only be able to contact individuals who make it to the interview round.

Gul’s silky, delicately stitched gharara looked so gorgeous, she swooned at her own reflection.

by next spring / he’ll be a god’s child

The deadline to submit applications for the Digital Manager position has passed. Due to the volume of applications received, we will only be able to contact individuals who make it to the interview round.

I couldn't get my heart to calm down that morning no matter how much I breathed and built a day out of the pieces I had to work with.

What if translation were a person? If it were, then for me it would be male, and it would most definitely be avoidant.

The city felt like a place of shame and powerlessness. I have written so much about this, yet no amount of writing and rewriting helps.

in the evening you looked through the photos / that I collected in empty homes

Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that Mukul would upload the video to Facebook. It went viral in a day.

Tobias Carroll kicks off 2025 with recommendations of six new titles in translation, from Japanese mystery-horror to Cuban prose poetry to a classic Vietnamese novel.