Holidays! Food! Solitude?
Posted on December 02, 2022
During the US holiday season, some of us are planning special meals or big parties, while others can't wait for some quiet time. Here are readings to fit each of these moods:
Holiday shopping? 12 global children's books for history buffs
Posted on November 14, 2022
What's a young history buff to do? In the magazine Words Without Borders, literary translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp explains the dilemma:
Across the Americans for Native American Heritage Month
Posted on November 02, 2022
This Native American Heritage Month month, why not celebrate voices from across the Americas? From Mexico, we suggest the beautiful and stirring poem Purépecha Mother, a celebration of the power of a seemingly ordinary woman. For more indigenous Mexican writing, try the poems Marías Mazahuas and Nothing Remains Empty, and the story Dreams and Memories of a Common Man, about the impact of environmental changes on indigenous communities.
10 Global Tales of the Uncanny
Posted on October 18, 2022
Looking for something unusual to introduce to students this Halloween? How about a no-face ghost, a grandmother-golem, or a murderous pack of zombies? Below, you'll find stories and poems featuring the ghosts of Japan, the all-too-real human monsters of Stalin-era Russia, and many other uncanny characters.
"Proud to be a Woman:" Meet Caribbean Poet Suzanne Dracius
Posted on October 09, 2022
In a video interview with WWB, Suzanne Dracius explains that her poem "Women's Fantasies" came out of some frustration with traditional depictions of women's identities and experiences of love: