What Are You Waiting For?: An Anthology

<b>Curated from the archives of <i>World Literature Today</i>, this landmark anthology celebrates a century of exploration through pen and ink, and reimagines what international readership can be.</b><br><p>From Nobel laureates to dissident authors, iconic mainstays to extraordinary newcomers, this global chorus of fiction, essays, poetry, and critique is a testament to the ways in which stories cross borders, bridge histories, and shape futures. With contributions by Octavio Paz, Elie Wiesel, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Toni Morrison, Dubravka Ugresic, and many others, <i>A Compass On the Navigable Sea</i> spans genre, time, and location to ask: What can literature do in a time of crisis?</p><p></p>

Acevedo, Mario

<p>Every beginning requires a kind of courage - the willingness to move toward something not yet fully formed - and to trust an idea before knowing where it will lead. This inaugural issue, Beginnings, </em> is grounded in a single, unwavering belief - that it is worth starting something before you feel ready. These beginnings are not small acts. They are, we think, necessary and revolutionary ones.</p><p></p><p>Within these pages, you will find beginnings in all their forms. Some unfold as moments of change, others as acts of return. First times and last times. Taking a chance, letting go, trying something new. They reflect the many ways beginnings take shape, often subtle, often uncertain, and rarely as simple as they may at first appear.</p><p></p><p>This anthology was created as a deliberate act of slowing down. In a world that rewards speed, we wanted to make something to sit with. To peruse is to move with intention rather than urgency, and that is the spirit in which every page here was shaped. These words are not for skimming. They are for lingering, revisiting, reading twice.</p><p></p><p>We are grateful to the writers and artists who trusted us with their work without knowing us, and to the many beginnings that brought these pieces into being. This issue marks the start of a community dedicated to supporting writers and building a space for bold and honest work.</p><p></p><p>Editors - Nel Herche, and Mya Brown, Elisabeth Connell, Mya Guardino, Shelby Rodger</p><p>Contributors - Jane Corbett, Heng Jonho, Yen Ooi and Antheia, Anne McPherson Arthurs, Faith-Anne Bell, D C Boyle, Mario Duarte, Donald Reed Greenwood, Nicholas Grooms, Gail Grycel, Nel Herche, Paul Hilding, Hannah Janssen, Sheyna ZL, David Anson Lee, Daniel Miltz, George Oliver, Julie Wittes Schlack, Kathy Sherban, Marc Simon, Tim Thornburgh, Peterson Toscano, Lynn White, Christopher Woods</p><p></p>

Booth, David

Tracy, Tom

Olio, David