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9781632064134: A Compass on the Navigable Sea: 100 Years of World Literature

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A global chorus from the archives of World Literature Today, this landmark collection of fiction, essays, and poetry commemorates a century of exploration through pen and ink.


A Compass on the Navigable Sea is a bold, global anthology of stories that cross borders and essays that reshape worlds, reimagining what international writing can be. From Nobel laureates to dissident poets, iconic novelists to fresh contemporary voices, this collection brings together powerful essays, visionary lectures, and urgent reflections that speak to the heart of literature’s role in a rapidly changing world.


Spanning four dynamic sections—from foundational manifestos to groundbreaking critical takes, from national literatures to transnational identities—this anthology offers readers a vibrant map of how stories cross borders, bridge histories, and shape futures. Alongside works by Octavio Paz, Elie Wiesel, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Toni Morrison, Dubravka Ugrešic, and many others. Ultimately, this collection bridges genre, time, and location, and asks us: What can literature do in a time of crisis?

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Informazioni sull?autore

The author of three books of poems, Daniel Simon is a poet, essayist, translator, and World Literature Today's assistant director and editor in chief. His 2017 edited volume, Nebraska Poetry: A Sesquicentennial Anthology, won a 2018 Nebraska Book Award. His most recent edited collection, Dispatches from the Republic of Letters: 50 Years of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature (2020), was a Publishers Weekly starred pick.

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