We're looking for a NYC-based Outreach Coordinator
Posted on August 27, 2018
Thanks to a small grant from the Summer Scholarship Endowment Foundation, we are able to do some outreach in New York City schools this fall!
11 Poems and Stories of Global Cities
Posted on August 24, 2018
Ian Ross Singleton, a New York City author and English professor, was looking for literature to inspire students in their explorations of the city. Around the same time, our friends at Participate.com were seeking literature to help students engage with the U.N.'s new global goals, including #11, "Sustainable Cities and Communities."
In the Magazine: "Open Hands"
Posted on August 14, 2018
I remember the first one so well. I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth when, in the mirror, I spotted the reflection of a shadow making its way down the hall.
A Second Summer of Second Chances: Update on Program for Deportees in Mexico
Posted on August 09, 2018
"World Literature is Personal:" A Writing Professor's Perspective
Posted on August 02, 2018
Dr. Rita S. Nezami, a professor of writing and rhetoric at the State University of New York, recently made the case for world literature in the pages of the Dhaka Tribune, arguing that "it’s our moral obligation to encourage [students] to engage with people whose lives are turned upside down by global transformation."