Posted on May 21, 2020
Recently, manga translator Jocelyne Allen joined us for two livestreams to talk about Akino Kondoh's autobiographical series "Noodling in New York." The comics depict Akino sampling new foods, meeting a friend's cat, struggling with English, and navigating life between two cultures—a familiar challenge for many of our students.
Posted on May 18, 2020
Here in New York, we are in our second month of shelter-in-place, and one of the things we look forward to doing again someday is visiting friends. Akino Kondoh's charming graphic tales of city life reminded us of those times, and we'll be talking about them this Wednesday at 5 pm ET: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teaglobally-5-pm-et-tales-of-a-japanese-cartoonist-in-new-york-tickets-105335134222
Posted on May 08, 2020
Here in New York, we are in our second month of shelter-in-place, and one of the things we look forward to doing again someday is visiting friends. Akino Kondoh's charming graphic tales of city life reminded us of those times, and we thought we would share them at the next Global Lunch: Monday, May 18th, at 1 pm Eastern.
Posted on May 06, 2020
Thank you to the 30+ educators, librarians, nonprofit professionals, translators, and authors who took part in our second virtual Global Lunch, co-hosted with our partners at Re-imagining Migration. A special thanks to Iranian author, translator, and professor Salar Abdoh, who read aloud from a fantastic essay about coming to the U.S. as a teen, took part in a Q&A (continuing below), and generously participated in the full session, later writing, It was a pleasure to be in a talk with these caring, lovely human beings. We couldn't agree more.
Posted on April 27, 2020
Re-imagining Migration and Words Without Borders invite you to our third #LunchGlobally session, where educators meet and talk about literature, migration, and what's it's like to teach today. On Monday May 4th, at 1 pm Eastern, we will focus on the personal essay "Hunger," by Persian-American author Salar Abdoh (pictured here at age 15 and today.)