Poet and translator Boris Dralyuk reads poems to accompany an interview that appears on the WLT Weekly on World Literature Today's website.

Emigre Library

Emerald Dunes by Ketty Nivyabandi, translation by David Shook

An excerpt from The Blue Window, read by the author Suzanne Berne

Excerpt from The Blue Window by Suzanne Berne

Two poems in Didxazá and Spanish from the September 2023 issue of WLT

ThisIsTheHour - Didxaza

GirlWithAFaceSoPale - Spanish

GirlWithAFaceSoPale - Didxaza

Spanish and Zoque readings of two poems from the September 2023 issue of WLT

Yesterday - Zoque&Spanish

IWanttoJoin - Zoque&Spanish

Readings of four poems in Tsotsil by Enriqueta Lunez from the September 2023 issue of WLT

Mi Memoria Olvida

Madre Necesito De Sus Ojos

Los Insectos Se Alimentan

Debajo De La Cama

A Bilingual Wahzhazhe ie / English Poem, by Chelsea T. Hicks from the September 2023 issue of WLT

A Bilingual Wahzhazhe ie / English Poem, by Chelsea T. Hicks

Jesucristo’is Ja’ Ñäjktyäj’ya Äj’ Tzumama’is Kyionuksku’y

Jesucristo No Entendió Jamás Los Ruegos De Mi Abuela by Mikeas Sánchez

Kinnas - Three Shrimp Boats

“Reborn” by Forugh Farrokhzad, Translation and reading by Sholeh Wolpé

“Reborn” by Forugh Farrokhzad

Given recent headlines about controversial mascots and cultural misappropriations, it’s evident that many people’s perception of American Indians does not match reality. So, how do native people build their identities against the stereotypes constructed and perpetuated by non-native people? 

Race Matters - Season 1, Episode 2 - Dr. Heather Shotton on native identity

It has been once year since the Sigma Alpha Epsilon incident on the University of Oklahoma campus. In March of 2015, members of OU’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were captured in a cell phone video singing a racist chant while on a bus to a fraternity event.

That nine second video went viral on social media, and sparked a fire storm on campus. Students of color at OU had already expressed concerns about race relations on campus, and the video brought those issues into stark relief.

OU president David Boren quickly shut down SAE’s chapter and expelled two students. In the days following the video’s release, a previously scheduled student forum on race took on new significance. During the forum, students shared their thoughts and feelings about the incident, racial identity and conditions on campus.

One year later, many people who attended the forum are still concerned about race relations on campus and improving conditions for students of color including dean of the Price College of Business Daniel Pullin, and Ashley McCray, a doctoral student working to Indigenize OU.

Race Matters Special - One Year Later: A Look Back At The University Of Oklahoma SAE Incident

"La Guerra" by Nathalie Handal

"Ni guicaa T.S. Elliot,"  "Para T.S. Eliot," Natalia Toledo

“Sparrows, Sparrows” and “The Essential Ruin” by B. B. P. Hosmillo

B. B. P. Hosmillo is a queer and anticolonial writer from the Philippines. He is the author of Breed Me: a sentence without a subject / Phối giống tôi: một câu không chủ đề (AJAR Press, 2016), with Vietnamese translation by Hanoi-based poets Nhã Thuyên and Hải Yến.

The Essential Ruin by B. B. P. Hosmillo

A poem, “God Is Burning,” by Li-Young Lee

“God Is Burning,” by Li - Young Lee

Chantal Bizzini reads two poems translated in the July 2018 issue of WLT from the original French.

Chantal Bizzini's The Norman Chronicles: Two Poems (en Francais)

Marjorie Evasco reads her poem, “Farol De Combate” in Visayan

“Farol De Combate,” ( Visayan ) by Marjorie Evasco

Marjorie Evasco reads her poem, “Farol de Combate,” in English

Farol De Combate ( English )

The poem, “I Do Not Believe,” read in Persian and English. The poem is featured in the Spring 2020 issue of World Literature Today.

Fragile Heart

Elyas Alavi - “I Do Not Believe”

The poem, “Brother Khosrow,” read in Persian and English. The poem is featured in the Spring 2020 issue of World Literature Today magazine.

Elyas Alavi - “Brother Khosrow”

Kawan Nahee reads his poem “Homeland” in Kurdish for WLT Weekly

Kawan Nahaee - Homeland

Alireza Roshan reads seven poems from the Persian. Featured in the Autumn 2020 issue of World Literature Today magazine.

Popular tracks by worldlittoday