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International Graphic Novels: Volume XIII

Image: Hélène Aldeguer, From Après le printemps: une jeunesse tunisienne.

Nonfiction by Susan Harris

Conflicting Stories: Our Graphic Issue

These works reflect a striking range of existential challenges shaping lives across the globe.

Fiction by Hélène Aldeguer

From After the Spring: A Tunisian Youth

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He was 27! Just 27! Barely older than us!

Translated from French by Edward Gauvin

Fiction by Vojtěch Mašek and Džian Baban

Scenes from Schlechtfreund

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At least five hundred pages, otherwise there's no point!

Translated from Czech by Martha Kuhlman and David Randl

Nonfiction by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

From “Grass”

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I had no idea I wouldn't be coming back.

Translated from Korean by Janet Hong

Fiction by André Diniz

A Love-Hate Relationship

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I prefer a Paulistano's frown over a Carioca's smile.

Translated from Portuguese by Pedro Bouça

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Fiction Serial

Fiction by Sang Young Park

The Tears of an Unknown Artist, or Zaytun Pasta

I went to Iraq to make a queer film the likes of which the world had never seen.

Translated from Korean by Anton Hur

WWB Daily

February 14th, 2019

Against Valentine’s Day: 7 International Love Stories for the Antiromantic in You

by Susan Harris

Do you look at bouquets of red roses and calculate when they’ll go limp? Do you think chocolates should come in boxes shaped like aortas and ventricles? Do you want to tell conversation…read more

February 13th, 2019

The Translator’s Bookshelf

by Elisa Wouk Almino

When you deeply love a piece of writing, you long to become a part of it—to add to it and insert your own voice into its sentences. This is an idea that Roland Barthes expressed and that…read more

February 13th, 2019

Words Without Borders Receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant

by Words Without Borders

New York, New York, February 13, 2019—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today awards totaling more than $27 million in its first funding round of fiscal year 2019,…read more

February 11th, 2019

The Watchlist: February 2019

by Tobias Carroll

Each month, Tobias Carroll shares a handful of recently released or forthcoming titles in translation that he’s especially excited about.   From Farrar, Straus and Giroux |…read more

February 6th, 2019

The City and the Writer: In San Juan with Frances Negrón-Muntaner

by Nathalie Handal

If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it contains. —Italo…read more

February 4th, 2019

We’re Hiring: Digital Marketing & Communications Manager

by Words Without Borders

Part-time New York, NY The Digital Marketing & Communications Manager will drive growth in engagement and audience across Words Without Borders’s online platforms. The ideal candidate…read more


Book Reviews

In “HELL,” Alasdair Gray Creates a Celtic, Wind-lashed Translation of Dante’s “Inferno”

Reviewed by Jamie Mackay

By fusing a dialect-laden verse with knowledge and respect for Dante’s original, the Scottish writer and illustrator has built a bridge across borders and nations.

One-third Women, “The Milk Bowl of Feathers” Adds Provocative New Voices to the Surrealist Canon

Reviewed by Susan Aberth

Edited by Mary Ann Caws, this anthology delivers new insights into this radical movement and rectifies past omissions to its canon with more intellectually daring and provocative non-French and female voices.

“The April 3rd Incident” Showcases Yu Hua’s Daring and Unconventional Style

Reviewed by Andrew Hungate

This collection of early stories by the celebrated Chinese author shows a writer determined to make a name for himself in a literary world that at the time was rife with experimentation.

Atrocity at a Distance, Absurdity Up Close in Dubravka Ugresic’s “American Fictionary”

Reviewed by Jeff Tompkins

In this book of essays, Ugresic juxtaposes reflections on the fate of her country with observations on everyday life in America.

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