All Guides: Contemporary Global Literature Series: Additional Resources

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21st century trends in Latin American literature (DVD)
As the 21st century dawned, many young writers—and even some who had fueled the Latin American Boom—grew disenchanted with the status quo. This program profiles the careers and the potential of literary artists at the forefront of the region’s emerging narrative trends.

Journal of the African Literature Association
Dedicated to the advancement of African literary studies.
Research in African Literatures
Research on the oral and written literatures of Africa.
Russian Literature
Literary studies in Russian and English. Issues devoted to Russian literature with contributions on related subjects in Croatian, Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, and other Slavic literatures.
Studies in American Indian Literatures
Focuses on American Indian literatures such as poetry and short fiction, bibliographical essays, review essays, and interviews.

Center for the Art of Translation
A non-profit organization dedicated to making international literature and underrepresented voices more accessible to English-speaking audiences.
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative strives to raise the visibility of world literature for adults and children at the local, national and international levels.
PEN America
A non-profit organization that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States and worldwide through the advancement of literature and human rights.
Three Percent
A resource for international literature at the University of Rochester.
Translation Database
Searchable database founded by Three Percent and Open Letter Books at the University of Rochester. Includes all works of fiction, poetry, children’s books, and nonfiction translated into English and published in the U.S. after January 2008.
Women in Translation
Initiative dedicated to raising the visibility and awareness of women writers from around the world who write in languages other than English.

Bloom's Literary Criticism Ebooks
Critical analyses and interpretations of literary works in the various series edited by the literary scholar, Harold Bloom.
Literature Resource Center
Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes access to Gale Literary Index and the Encyclopedia of Literature.
MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association, the MLA International Bibliography indexes scholarly publications in the fields of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film.

Asymptote
Online literary magazine dedicated to translations of world literature, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama.
Words Without Borders
Topics related to translation, publication, and promotion of contemporary international literature.
World Literature Today
International literary magazine that publishes contemporary interviews, essays, original poetry and fiction, book reviews, and coverage of transnational issues and trends related to literature.