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Australian artist Peter Gould’s “Iqra Bookshelf” (2011). The word Iqra’ (“Read”) is deeply symbolic to Muslims, as it was the first word of revelation given to the Prophet Muhammad.

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Drifts of an Arab Boat in the Sea of Translation for Children

May 06, 2015 |

Translation awards, book infographics, and more

May 01, 2015 |

A.A. Milne: Six Facts You Might Not Know About the Man Behind Winnie-the-Pooh

April 29, 2015 |

New Poetry 2015

Putting the “I” in Introspection

April 27, 2015 |

all the light we cannot see

The Pulitzer Prize, literary podcasts, and more

April 24, 2015 |

Zack Rogow and students from the Norman Public Schools

The Translation Workshop: Are Thirty Hands Better Than Two?

April 21, 2015 |

Gunter Grass

Banned books, Günter Grass’s death, and more

April 17, 2015 |

Field with flowers

The Aesthetic of Nature in Poetry: 6 Poems for Spring

April 16, 2015 |

Literary Tributes

Günter Grass’s Century

April 14, 2015 |

Gunter Grass

Literary Tributes, News and Events

A Tribute to Günter Grass (1927–2015)

April 14, 2015 |

Letter from Maya Angelou

A Letter from Maya Angelou, Translation Lit Prizes, and More

April 10, 2015 |

Antonio Canova (1757–1822), Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, marble, MR 1777, Musée du Louvre, Paris / © 2010 Musée du Louvre / Raphaël Chipault.

Translation as a Love Affair: Beyond Elsewhere, by Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac

April 07, 2015 |

Antonio Canova (1757–1822), detail of Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, marble, MR 1777, Musée du Louvre, Paris / © 2010 Musée du Louvre / Raphaël Chipault.

“Our bodies are wild swans . . .”

April 07, 2015 |

Maya Angelou Stamp

Literary Tributes

USPS Commemorates Maya Angelou, #MayaForever

April 06, 2015 |

Literary awards, Tomas Transtromer's death, and more

April 03, 2015 |

Astrid Ivask with Octavio Paz

Literary Tributes

A Tribute to Astrid Ivask: A Literary Light

April 02, 2015 |

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