"None of Your Business" on Mango Street: Linking Global Women's Voices
Posted on March 22, 2023
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A modern classic of Latinx migration literature, a contemporary Russian story about parental alcoholism: what could they possibly have in common?
7 Complex Female Characters in International Literature
Posted on March 15, 2023
“A woman could fall in love for a cheap word. That's women for you!" the street vendor Damao asserts in Ye Mi’s short story, “Love’s Labor.” Damao makes lots of confident pronouncements about women, but they are mostly proven false—the woman in the story is much too complex to conform to aphorisms. (And Teaching Idea 3 has relevant classroom activities.)
11 Women's Stories for International Women's Day
Posted on March 08, 2023
International Women's Day is a March 8th holiday with purported roots in both ancient Rome and Soviet Socialism, according to Russian Life magazine.
"I, too, want to return the punch": 10 Inspiring Quotes by International Women Writers
Posted on March 01, 2023
Looking for inspiration? These quotes from international women writers prove that while Women’s History Month may be over, the work is far from done. Read how these women writers got started, learn about their creative process, and explore what they hope to achieve through writing with the quotes below.
Ukraine One Year Later: "The Making of Tenderness" and Student Poems
Posted on February 22, 2023
What is it like to live through war? Going through her days in Ukraine's capital, buying a hairbrush manufactured in another Ukrainian city under siege, the poet Lyuba Yakimchuk wonders: