Posted on October 07, 2025
"Who told you to read such a book?" a disgruntled teacher asks the young Habibe Jafarian in her personal essay "For the Love of the Books," which documents her experience growing up as a bookworm in Iran's religious city of Mashhad. Jafarian's essay feels especially relevant as we see book bans proliferate in nearly every US state.
Posted on August 28, 2025
The deadline to apply for the education fellowship has passed. Many thanks to all who applied!
Posted on June 19, 2025
By Jaideep Pandey
Posted on June 12, 2025
Do you want to get to the next level with global literature? Are you interested in adding a Words Without Borders certification to your résumé? This July, join us for our second annual train-the-trainer program, designed to prepare secondary and college-level educators to teach colleagues about global literature.
Posted on June 02, 2025
You're invited to a virtual writing workshop with WWB author-in-residence Frank Báez, co-hosted by Words Without Borders and the Brooklyn Public Library! Báez is the author of the striking poems "Self-Portrait" and "The Marilyn Monroe of Santo Domingo," both featured in our Caribbean unit.
