Posted on May 05, 2025
Last spring, author Marco Avilés visited New York to lead writing workshops in high schools around the city. During the sessions, Avilés guided students to write about firsts and new experiences. Ren, an 11th grader in Brooklyn, wrote a beautiful response piece that uses symbolism and lyrical language to explore faith and coming of age. You can read her writing below! —Eds.
Posted on April 25, 2025
Earlier this month, WWB Campus facilitated a virtual classroom visit with poet Iryna Shuvalova for a Staten Island high school ELA class. Shuvalova spoke with the students about writing poetry during wartime, her time living in China, and how poetry can act as a time machine. Read teacher Leighton Suen's recap of the classroom visit below!
Posted on March 25, 2025
WWB Campus is breaking ground on its next unit: a collection of literature from India! As we prepare to publish a series of blog posts featuring stories and poems from India's many languages and literary traditions, we're revisiting this excellent story of caste and coming of age from our archive. —Eds.
Posted on March 13, 2025
Over the past several weeks, the United States has seen an uptick in discriminatory rhetoric and a series of executive orders targeting many different communities, including migrants and asylum seekers, people of color, transgender and LGBTQIA+ folks, and people exercising their right to protest.
Posted on February 27, 2025
WWB Campus is pleased to unveil our unit of stories and poems from the Caribbean! This diverse collection offers students and educators entry points into important topics such as migration, natural disaster, identity, and family history.
Our new collection includes 21 stories and poems from 7 countries and territories and 5 languages. Of these pieces, 14 are published bilingually, making them an excellent fit for multilingual learners.
