The Forum for World Literature Studies (Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2026) focuses on diverse global perspectives, encompassing posthumanism, ecology, colonial history, and human resilience. Edited by Nie Zhenzhao and Charles Ross , the issue gathers international scholars who examine how literary and cultural texts navigate the complexities of modern existence, technological influence, and identity. The articles explore a wide range of topics, including posthuman identity mutations in Yang Phan’s cyberpunk fiction , the ethics of interspecies entanglements and reverse evolution in the film Jallikattu , and the ecological wisdom found in the Naga Weretiger eco-legend. Studies also analyze the enduring rebellious spirits in the poetry of Hafiz Shirazi and Kazi Nazrul Islam , the multifaceted nature of eternal love in Edmund Spenser’s works , and the psychological and political costs of survival during the COVID-19 pandemic in Namita Gokhale’s The Blind Matriarch. Furthermore, the issue examines complex social constructs, such as the metaphorical use of Sino-West interracial romances to negotiate national identity , the deconstruction of the marriage plot in Abdellah Taïa’s Moroccan novel A Country for Dying , and the ambivalent nature of French anti-colonial engagement during the Algerian War of Independence. Overall, the volume highlights world literature as a critical space for rethinking human-animal relationships, postcolonial legacies, and the preservation of humanistic knowledge amidst technological and societal upheavals.