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.
Posted on February 06, 2025
Words Without Borders Campus is proud to present its new Caribbean unit to the public! Join us for a launch event with nine of the unit’s authors and translators. Featuring Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Frank Báez, Emiliana Bernard-Stephenson, Jean D'Amérique, Nathan H. Dize, Anabel Enríquez Piñeiro, Hillary Gulley, Hoyt Rogers, and Lawrence Schimel. We’re excited to host you for a celebratory evening of poetry and prose from across the Caribbean!
Posted on February 03, 2025
Beyond "Story Mountain": Global Approaches to Inspire New Writing
Posted on January 10, 2025
This weekend marks fifteen years since the destructive 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. In remembrance of the tragedy, we're rereading a reflection from Haitian author Lyonel Trouillot, who survived the quake. The anniversary also coincides with devastating forest fires in the United States and ongoing cleanups from many other recent natural disasters across the world. Reading global literature responding to past disasters may help students living through current ones feel less alone as they process these events. This blog post from 2024 offers some trauma-informed strategies for reading and teaching the literature. —Eds.