You too can create a new god or goddess this way, though you are a human.

How is it possible that a place you haven’t seen for decades can match your memory when you finally visit it?

The autumn moon is a common motif within Chinese poetry, shining often upon geographies of homesickness and longing.

The wistful longings of clouds and trees extend on and on.

Here there could be room for a light that I haven’t seen again and I can’t / describe and therefore remember.

Thus the before was born and thus born the after.

They speak to the trees in the language / of trees and to the grass in the language of grass

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 deadline to submit applications for the 2024–25 WWB Editorial Fellowship has passed. Due to the volume of applications received, we are still reviewing applicant materials and are likely to begin conducting interviews sometime in June 2024.

The deadline to submit applications for the 2024–25 WWB Digital Humanities Fellowship has passed. Due to the volume of applications received, we are still reviewing applicant materials and are likely to begin conducting interviews sometime in June 2024.

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.

Taking painkillers is for cowards. It’s time for you to think about your first extraction, Clément.

Hannah Allen-Shim takes us on a tour of Quebec’s science fiction and fantasy scene, from its beginnings in the 1970s to its expansion and diversification in recent years.

Ophélie smiles idly, everything spins, the air stops, space-time tears, clocks grind.

Thanks to Nadya Siyam, a writer and former student of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we've compiled a list of the works that Alareer was most passionate about teaching to his students in Gaza.