In this collection, originally featured in the January 2017 issue of Words Without Borders, we offer a selection of fiction from Macedonia, translated and introduced by Will Firth. Words Without ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand ...

The soldiers covered my eyes with a black blindfold and shoved me into the Jeep. I could smell the fine dust before we reached the main road. At the entrance of the town, the driver removed my ...

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 ...

"These poems are laden with grief, but also, to my ears, carry a tremendous love and hope, without which, surely, there could be no endurance," writes critic Mandana Chaffa. With members across ...

Read some of WWB’s top essays from 2023: a Polish zookeeper’s charming memoir, a Mexican essayist’s deep dive into the relationship between bad smells and populist revolution, a futuristic look at how ...

We do not see translations of books that will unsettle the reading community, and provoke them to be different than who they want to be. For translators from under-represented languages like ours, the ...

The 2022 World Cup is in full swing this month, and we’ve taken the opportunity to round up some of our favorite soccer-related pieces from the WWB archive. We hope you’ll steal a moment or two ...

For Sámi literature to continue playing its essential role in our culture and to expand its benefits, we need more writers, readers, and translators, which is impossible without support—both ...

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 ...