Chinese contemporary poetry is flourishing. The most exciting poetic voices come from the 200 million migrant workers working in China. This phenomenon is still largely unknown, even though some of these workers come west to pursue their creative pursuits. The Chinese Swiss-born poet Yang Lian is...

Icelandic literature may be insular but is not a monolith. Even though the nationalistic movement in Iceland eliminated dialectical variation, the language is evolving in interesting ways due to an increased influx of immigrants. Dr Lara Hoffmann, a sociologist and a postdoctoral researcher,...