In this prose poem, Pakistani writer Enver Sajjad considers the power of words against censorship and oppression.

In this essay, Colombian writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez praises the translator and translation’s ability to increase our access to the world and broaden our sense of humanity.

Jealousy and a broken heart haunt a family heirloom in this story by Kazakh writer Lira Konys.

Palestinian writer Nasser Rabah pens a poem of longing, retreat, and stolen dreams.

Poet Wang Jiaxin considers the self and its private and public reflections. The poem appears in The Silk Dragon II: Translations of Chinese Poetry, edited and translated by Arthur Sze and published by Copper Canyon Press.

In this short story by Croatian writer Marina Gudelj, a busy mother is blindsided by her sister’s decision.

In these poems, written during a stay in a psychiatric hospital, Bengali poet Binoy Majumdar gives instructions for creating new birds, fruit, and trees.

After translating her uncle's stories, Kalpana Raina returns to her native Kashmir for the first time in forty-eight years.

We present Yilin Wang’s introduction to The Lantern and the Night Moths, which discusses the queer and feminist themes in the work of poet Qiu Jin.

In this wistful poem, Qing-dynasty poet Qiu Jin captures the pain of separation from loved ones. The poem appears in the newly published The Lantern and the Night Moths, edited and translated by Yilin Wang and out now from Invisible Publishing.

In this poem by Cristina Rivera Garza, absences and presences jostle for remembrance and liberation.

Wounded ruins and voiceless voices come alive in this poem by Cristina Rivera Garza.

This poem by Cristina Rivera Garza conjures a place that is rapidly changing and yet remains still in time.

Tobias Carroll recommends six new books in translation you won't want to miss this month, from Bengali science fiction to an early novel by renowned Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz.

Aimé Césaire is essential to the way I understand myself and my work in the world.

I could see her white hands and long, thin fingers among the green stems and huge leaves of the cucumber plants.

if we collected all the tears / would it wash away the soot / resurrect the dead.

I had written “fifth grade” on my application for this job five years ago. But my father, who had been dead for years, hadn’t actually let me study for more than a year.

“I was also fortunate to be in an environment where there was already some consciousness about the literary richness of Rajasthani, the fact that the language does not get its due, the importance of learning and speaking it.”

In honor of International Women's Day 2024, WWB recommends 10 forthcoming books written and translated by women, plus an honorable mention.

Even the moans of suffering that made me ache—I’ve stashed them away in a bag of old laments.

I’m very excited to read works from all over the world and especially hope to engage with translators of color and early-career translators.

From an Ivorian graphic novel to a historical murder mystery from Algeria, Tobias Carroll recommends five new books in translation to read this month.

“Silencing the story, in other words, has always been a means of silencing history.

Books stand as a material resistance to dangerous, accelerating erasures of home, culture, language, art,” writes Preti Taneja.

In celebration of International Mother Language Day, we're spotlighting 8 writers working in their heritage languages, from Wolof and Kankanaey to Uyghur and Mapudungun.

The substance of Wittgenstein’s theories in the Tractatus is intimately tied to a vision of lan­guage that, among other problems, tends to produce bad translations.

For just a moment, in the darkness of the swamp, her sunken eyes glinted with a bloodshot sparkle.

When Bastien reported his mother missing on June 13, the investigator who received his complaint by phone assured him that there was nothing to worry about.

Reflexively, she shakes the grating as if to convince herself that no beastly strength could tear it loose and free the horde.