A man who escaped childhood poverty in Malmö to become a writer is forced to return to a job he held in his youth at a harbor export hub in this excerpt from Kristian Lundberg’s autobiographical novel detailing the collapse of Sweden’s welfare state…

Writer Murat Özyaşar on why he doesn't write in his mother language and what it means to speak a “split tongue.”

A poem by Dan Ying as taut and transformative as the strings of the musical instrument it launches from.

Poet and translator Shalim M. Hussain discusses Again I Hear These Waters , a new anthology that collects and celebrates poetry from the riverbanks and islands of the Brahmaputra.

Through the prism of Hisham Matar’s novel My Friends, Anna Badkhen considers the condition of exile—and its newfound relevance in her own life.

In this short story, Ni-Vanuatu writer Paul Tavo considers a Nouméan who exists outside society.

The $150,000 general operating grant will provide organizational stability during a time of transition and growth.

In this searing short fiction, Mā’ohi writer Chantal T. Spitz denounces the colonial impulses driving seasteading proposals in the Pacific.

Poet Virginie Hoifua Te Matagi Tafilagi of Wallis and Futuna celebrates Pacific peoples and their age-old history of transoceanic voyaging.

The award recognizes magazines that make a significant contribution to our literary culture and the publishers that strive to introduce important voices to readers far and wide.

In two contrasting quartets of poems, New Caledonian poet Paul Wamo reflects on his otherness in France and his deep connection with the natural world of his native Lifou.

New Caledonian writer, activist, and politician Déwé Gorodé depicts a woman unmoored by a sudden obsessive affair.

Tobias Carroll recommends five new books in translation from Cuba, Germany, Haiti, Spain, and Sweden, ranging from unsettling short stories to atmospheric prose poetry.

Combining poetry and critical theory, esteemed Tahitian poet Flora Aurima Devatine creatively navigates the symbolic relationship between water and language.

In this introduction to our collection of writing from the Francophone Pacific, Jean Anderson advocates for a view of the region that encompasses both its linguistic diversity and its interconnectedness.

In this monologue from New Caledonian playwright Olivia Duchesne's I Shall Live in the Night a man's release from prison spurs reflections on a violent family conflict.

In this excerpt from Panamanian playwright Xavier Stanziola’s The Myth of Gravity, a lesbian couple fight social prejudice and petty bureaucracy to regain custody of their adopted son.

Yasmine Seale lauded Marcia Lynx Qualey, the winner of the 2024 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature, at an in-person ceremony in New York on June 4, 2024.

In this excerpt from Bea Vianen's novel My Name is Sita, a Surinamese woman who is investigating her family history faces an unpleasant encounter with a figure from her mother's past.

On June 4th, Marcia Lynx Qualey accepted the 2024 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature at a ceremony in New York.

The $75,000 general operating grant will support WWB’s efforts to expand access to international literature.

Jenna Tang, translator of Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise by Lin Yi-Han, recommends 8 books and short stories in translation from Taiwan to read now.

In this excerpted story by Korean writer Cho Yeeun, a dying widow takes in a starving creature found outside her doorstep.

Syrian Kurdish poet Golan Haji creates a moving portrait of those forced to leave their homelands.

In this short and sharp poem, writer and filmmaker Carol Sansour pays homage to Palestinian political prisoners.

Icelandic dystopia. A Quebecois graphic novel. Queer short stories from Puerto Rico. Tobias Carroll recommends all this and more in his May Watchlist.

The translators of the four stories in the Matrilineal collection consider matriarchal influence and the uncanny power of feminine inheritance.

In this excerpt from the memoir Jaguarman, Dutch writer Raoul de Jong explores the colonization of Suriname, the immigrant experience in the Netherlands, racism, and the lionization of major Black American figures such as James Baldwin and Malcolm X…

In this wide-ranging conversation with Lauren Goldenberg, Kate Briggs discusses her recent novel, The Long Form, and considers the parallels between two overlooked forms of labor: translation and parenthood.

In this excerpt from Igiaba Scego’s Cassandra a Mogadiscio, a writer considers how her diasporic Somali family has managed to remain close despite the distances—and the many languages—between them.