Jordanian poet Zuhair Abu Shayeb questions the limitations of history, water, and the past in this fervent poem.

In this introduction to our collection of Jordanian writing, guest editor Addie Leak details the country's diverse culture ...

Image: Do Ho Suh, “Fallen Star,” 2012 © Do Ho Suh. Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego. Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann This month we’re ...

In this excerpt from 2024 Nobel Laureate in Literature Han Kang's Booker Prize-winning novel, a man reels as his wife suddenly decides to give up meat. Words Without Borders is the premier destination ...

The novel [...] stands as a gripping testament to the dream of liberation and love in the era of slavery’s dusk,” writes ...

Image: Eva Navarro, Mother and Son, 2014, acrylic on board, 40 X 40cm. This month we’re turning to our archives for international stories of parents and children. Tales of widowed fathers, ambivalent ...

What particular translation challenges arose as this book was brought into English? Were they points that the author anticipated, or was there something of a process of discovery in which the author ...

Can the two of you talk about how Pink Slime came into the world—first, the germ of the original language, and then the translation? Fernanda Trías: I met Heather in 2013 while I was studying at NYU.

Can the two of you talk about how On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) came into the world—first, the germ of the original language, and then the translation? And then slowly, actually very slowly, ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand cultural understanding by giving readers unparalleled access to contemporary ...

Chinese poet and activist Yang Licai considers the eternal question of human suffering in this final selection in the 2024 Words Without Borders—Academy of American Poets National Translation Month ...