Latin American Literature Today is a quarterly online journal that publishes outstanding works of contemporary Latin American literature. It is entirely multilingual, with every piece available in the original Spanish, Portuguese, or Indigenous language as well as English translation. LALT was founded in 2017 and is a sister publication to the University of Oklahoma’s World Literature Today, published since 1927. LALT sees Latin America’s cultural, linguistic, and geographic identity as fluid and hybrid, and seeks to deepen understanding of its complexity through fiction, poetry, interviews, essays, reviews, and in-depth dossiers on both emerging and venerated literary figures.
Only four years old, Latin American Literature Today is an astoundingly ambitious publication, an essential literary bridge across the Americas distinguished by its fully bilingual issues featuring the greatest contemporary writing in Spanish, Portuguese, and Indigenous languages. LALT has built an impressive network of contributing editors, providing a first port of call for authors and translators seeking an English-language audience. Its website provides rich context, publishing individual dossiers that track a writer’s evolution, helping readers toward a deeper understanding. LALT already feels indispensable to American and international intellectual life.