
Michelle Johnson
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📢Meet the 9 jurors for the 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature! Stay tuned for the list of finalists (in June) and other news! worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/news-and-… William Alexander @VeeraHira @jesskimwrites Trung Le Nguyen (not here anymore) Olugbemisola Adeniji @lawrenceschimel @mo_yuksel


The July issue is up! Begin reading special sections on Odesa and Kharkiv, guest-edited by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, + essays, poems, stories, interviews, and reviews from around the world. Ilya Kaminsky Katie Farris worldliteraturetoday.org/2022/july



We’re celebrating #WITMonth with a new convo between translator Michelle Mirabella & Chilean author Catalina Infante Beovic. What a literary duo! Michelle Mirabella worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/interview…


Michele Levy reviews this “haunting novel,” short-listed for the Booker Prize, which “traces the tragic descent into violent despotism of democratic, newly free Zimbabwe.” Viking Books worldliteraturetoday.org/2022/september…



Hearing Jericho Brown read his work this morning was emotional, thought-provoking, and fun—in short, the very best way to spend a morning. He reads again tonight @ the Meinders School of Business, Oklahoma City University!


So thankful for this conversation with Idra Novey and this book, Take What You Need. It's a great read that raises big questions we need to grapple with in this deeply divided country.

What’s the best book gift you’ve ever received? Tweet us using the hashtag #BestGiftBookWLT, or use our website form in the link. We’ll choose 5 entries and donate a copy of each book to the Norman Public Schools libraries in your name. Norman Public Schools worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/news-and-…


Want to learn more about HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY author Norman Erikson Pasaribu? Check out this brilliant interview with Michelle Johnson for WorldLiteratureToday tinyurl.com/4t8mrs33

“Acts of radical love are higher forms of courage that try to push back the wretchedness that is so dominant inside of all human beings.” Cornel West in conversation with Karlos K. Hill. Dr. Karlos K. Hill Cornel West worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/interview…

“Katie Whittemore’s translation of Juan Gómez Bárcena’s Not Even the Dead is a master class in the art of translation.” Andrew Martino (Andrew Martino) reviews this “hallucination, existing somewhere between the worlds of Joseph Conrad and Cormac McCarthy.” worldliteraturetoday.org/2024/january/n…


