Telling Family Stories: Free Writing Workshop with Wenguang Huang, TODAY at 11 am ET
Posted on April 23, 2021
Family Stories: From China to the U.S.
Cut from a Different Cloth: Reading and Teaching Lu Min’s “Scissors, Shining”
Posted on April 14, 2021
"I was extremely devoted to studying Master Song’s craft, surrounded by swaths of cloth and bits of thread, whiling away a boyhood like a plant dyed an unnatural hue, brightly colored, but sick inside, silently suffering."
Aided by the advantages of hindsight, Xiaotong’s narrative voice preserves and embellishes the past to tell a painful story about adolescence, desire, abuse, and the quiet desperation of not fitting in. Lu Min’s “Scissors, Shining,” featured in Words Without Borders and translated by Michael Day, is a thematically challenging and formally interesting story that would be suitable for an explication or close reading assignment in the advanced high school or college literature classroom.
From China to Chicago: Bilingual Author Talk with Wenguang Huang
Posted on April 07, 2021
Wednesday, April 21st, 11am–12pm, Virtual
Read Iran with us this spring
Posted on March 23, 2021
With the recent lifting of the so-called "Muslim ban," we at Words Without Borders are looking forward to the U.S. becoming a more open place than it has been in recent years. And we are especially glad to announce the completion of the collection of literature from Iran on this website.
Missed our "Wizard Bakery" event? Video and resources here!
Posted on March 17, 2021
Are you or your students in the market for a memory-enhancing almond cookie? How about a cinnamon cookie . . . of vengeance?