Table of Contents, Masthead, and Editor's Note

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subscribe now at worldliteraturetoday.org Contents In Every Issue | 03 Editor’s Note | 05 Notebook | 73 World Literature in Review | 95 Editor’s Pick | 96 Outpost september– october 2014 features 21st Century Native Lit with contributions from Joshua B. Nelson Mikeas Sánchez Yorgos Soukoulis Milton Hatoum with Charlotte Rogers Tóroddur Poulsen Ribka Sibhatu Shon Arieh-Lerer Yvette Holt Samuel Wagan Watson Simon Wickham-Smith with Sara Wilson G. Mend-Ooyo O. Dashbalbar R. Choinom The NSK Neustadt Prize Celebrating the First Ten Years with contributions from Kathy Neustadt Mildred D. Taylor Brian Doyle Katherine Paterson Vera B. Williams Virginia Euwer Wolff Naomi Shihab Nye On the Cover A commemorative illustration to celebrate the first ten years of the NSK Neustadt Prize created for WLT by Joel Felix. Learn more about his work at joelfelix.com. “I think old writers like us should try to be guardians of memory. We must try somehow to record our times. I see my job as just making sure I describe it accurately, get it straight, make it clear, write it right.” – Brian Doyle for more turn to page 62. 12 28 31 33 34 38 41 45 49 50 51 53 54 55 58 60 62 64 66 70 72 Essays 16 The Nameless Saints by andrés felipe solano 23 The Ethics of Ethics and Literature by mark kingwell Fiction 19 Best Wishes by Antonio tabucchi departments Crime & Mystery 09 Ten for Your Consideration Milestones of a Decade in Crime Writing by J. Madison Davis WLT Interview 12 The Past Prepares the Future A Conversation with Roland Rugero by emily hunt & david shook left Tóroddur Poulsen, Allastaðni (Everywhere), woodcut print from Fjalir (2013; Planks). 38 31 51 WorldLiteratureToday.org Readers’ Poll Join the WLT community Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, GoodReads, and Flickr to share ideas, view photos, and read book reviews. Facebook facebook.com/ worldlittoday Twitter @worldlittoday Pinterest @worldlit GoodReads goodreads.com/ worldlittoday Visit worldliteraturetoday.org for exclusive content you won’t want to miss, including web exclusives, photo galleries, blog posts, and much more. In conjunction with its November 2014 cover feature—which will focus on central European literature since the fall of the Berlin Wall—the editors of WLT have invited 25 writers to nominate one book, published since 1989, that most influenced their own writing or ways of seeing the world along with a brief statement explaining their choice. Visit the WLT website to view the longlist and vote for your favorites during our threeweek contest (September 1–21). The top 5 list will then be published in the November issue. @TheMantle The new issue of @worldlittoday is a double issue. There goes our weekend! (We mean that in the nicest way possible!) @staciemichelle The wonderful thing about the @worldlittoday Summer Reading Litquest quiz was it made me read some new book reviews! @IMcMillan Very much enjoying Nathalie Handal’s prose poems/flash reportage in the new @worldlittoday: tiny, crafted, resonant narratives. @Shelley_M_W @worldlittoday is debatably THE best lit mag I’ve come across. Go to their site for a sample! @riffle If it’s the cats that make you love Haruki Murakami, try some more international ‘Kitty Lit’! @worldlittoday @MSatris So damn excited to see Denise Newman and Naja Marie Aidt featured in World Literature Today! @adeljar @worldlittoday your cover this month is awesome! @Natteitler Delighted to have a digital subscription to @worldlittoday...essential for those interested in words. @IMcMillan Enjoying Michel Devrient’s tweet-like aphorisms in @worldlittoday : ‘Earth has no history. The geologist is its ventriloquist.’ @MSatris @worldlittoday LOVE the feature! Clearly, we at @CATranslation are all excited for Aidt’s book Baboon, forthcoming this fall. @siobhan_m_g A nice reminder that no #xl8r is an island: Collaborative Translation & the Poetry of Donaldas Kajokas @worldlittoday Tweets Online Extras Look for these icons throughout the issue for information about exclusive content found only online at worldliteraturetoday.org. web exclusive photo gallery audio video Web Exclusive Find us on Flickr flickr.com/wltonline In a supplement to the Native Lit section, Amarsana Ulzytuev reads the Buryat versions of his poems “Shenhen Buryat” and “Familial,” with additional links to his performance at the 2013 Baykal Poetry Festival...