World Literature Today was founded as Books Abroad in 1927 by Roy Temple House, a scholar of vision from the University of Oklahoma. From a modest seedling of 32 pages in January 1927, Books Abroad grew to 256 pages by the end of its fiftieth year (Autumn 1976), and that year's cover design reflected the completion of a significant circle. In January 1977 the journal became known as World Literature Today, reflecting the truly international range that its coverage and reputation had acquired.
World Literature Today has been in publication for over 90 years. Founded at the University of Oklahoma as Books Abroad in 1927, the magazine is now published six times a year and has readers and subscribers all over the world.
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Get professional experience editing, writing, and designing for magazine, print, and online projects. Other opportunities include planning events, marketing, public relations, social media, and web development projects.
The Student Advisory Board is a student-led organization at OU that advises the WLT staff about improving the magazine, brainstorming ideas for events and promotions, and raising WLT’s visibility on campus.
World Literature Today is a thriving hub of student opportunities at OU. Get involved with the magazine by applying for an internship, joining the Student Advisory Board, taking one of our courses, or attending the Neustadt Lit Fests that we host right here on the OU campus.
The following is a list of students who have interned at World Literature Today and gone on to get jobs or internships in publishing, or have gone on to graduate school English/writing programs.
| Student | Job or Internship |
|---|---|
| Madeline Alford | Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar (summer 2012), Oklahoma Today, creative services assistant at Lucky magazine |
| Tyler Allen | NYU Summer Publishing Institute, W.W. Norton (fall 2012), Elyse Cheney Literary Agency |
| Merleyn Bell | OK Representative, HD 45 |
| Matt Carney | Oklahoma Gazette, The Oklahoman |
| Andrea DenHoed | The New Yorker culture desk |
| Arthur Dixon | Launched Latin American Literature Today, a WLT affiliate publication where he is now the managing editor. |
| Molly Evans | KERA Public Media, 2015 Outstanding Senior Award in OU College of Journalism |
| Ryann Gordon | Dallas Observer / Native Oklahoma |
| Kaitlin Hawkins | Marketing Manager at Parks Associates, Advice Interactive Group, social media editor at World Literature Today |
| Laura Hernandez | Marketing assistant at DK Books (Penguin Random House), Pearson Education, social media editor at World Literature Today |
| Emily Jerman | Oklahoma Gazette, Oklahoma Today, OU Press |
| Hadley Jerman | Curator at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art |
| Motahareh Hajimirzaei | Self magazine |
| Kate Long | Tate Publishing |
| Eddie Martinez | OU Press |
| Jessica Mitzner | OU Press, D magazine |
| Grant Schatzman | Routledge / Taylor & Francis |
| Sarah Smith | OU Press |
| Linda Stack-Nelson | Graywolf Press, Internship |
| Sam V. Tran | Web Development for NBC |
| Kirsten Viohl | Papercity magazine (Dallas) |
| Student | Graduate School Program |
|---|---|
| Reid Bartholomew | University of Oregon, MA in Asian Studies (in progress) |
| Meredith Boe | DePaul, MA in Writing and Publishing |
| Chase Bollig | Ohio State University |
| Armando Celayo | East Anglia |
| Chris Dearner | UC Irvine |
| Marilyse Figueroa | Texas State in San Marcos, MFA |
| Lyda Hartness | University of Pennsylvania, Master's in Social Work |
| Blayze Hembree | University of Kansas |
| Taylor Hickney | The New School, MFA, Fiction |
| Olivia McCourry | Columbia University |
| David Shook | Oxford |
| Arden Stringer | Emerson, MA in Publish and Writing program |
Students who intern with World Literature Today gain experience in all professional and academic areas relating to magazine publishing! From editing and writing to frontend web development, our students gain a variety of rewarding educational experiences. See what some of our students have been doing!
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