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“As a novelist and poet, there’s no surprise that Stefánsson’s “Trilogy about the Boy” is about the power of words and their artistic connection to humanity’s trying to make sense of the chaos of life.” – Daniel P. Haeusser
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Today we look back on Lauren Alwan's essay from our May 2022 issue, where she recalls how David Hockney inspired her, first as an art student and later as a writer, helping her navigate toward a different way of telling stories.
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“Should Papalotl land among the wondering creatures and start telling a tale of 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝, fairness, and equity?”
The World Cup has begun. Be sure to read Carlos Labbé’s essay “Fable of the Three Teams (and Their 2026 World Cup Guests)”:
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"A Guardian and a Thief illustrates how individuals suffer from a problem that humans created and then failed to remedy: global climate change.”
Colleen Lutz Clemens reviews this novel shortlisted for the 2025 NBA. @clutzclemens.bsky.social
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In this 3rd episode of the WLT podcast, our host interviews Lana Abdel Rahman and Carlos Labbé, Suzana Vuljevic reads her translation of a poem by Arbër Selmani, and more. Listen in on YouTube (with captions) or Spotify and like and follow!
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“McEwan remains a master of interior life and dialogue; there is no better hand on the tiller of the English social novel.”
Peter Krause reviews this “formally hybrid” novel: “part postapocalyptic fiction; part social drama; part archival treasure hunt.”
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Congrats to Elena Carius, Kalinda Vo, and Nelly Rojo-Martinez, who won first, second, and third place in the 2026 Neustadt Poster Contest! Carius’s winning design will be used in all the promo materials for the 2026 Neustadt Festival, Sept. 28–30.
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Britta Stromeyer reviews Liadan Ní Chuinn’s “riveting collage of individual and collective trauma, memory, and resilience.”
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