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Growing Up Asian, Bullying, and a Park Bench

Posted on March 28, 2024

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A bench in a Parisian park. By M_Max. License: CC BY 2.0.
“Yes, Sybille, I would like you to back off . . .”
I didn’t allow myself to actually say it. But I really would have preferred it if she just went her own way. I needed to walk alone awhile and think.

In a captivating story in the April 2020 "Children's Literature" issue of Words Without Borders, a boy from Taiwan growing up in France struggles to understand racism.

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7 Groundbreaking Global Women Writers for Women's History Month

Posted on March 04, 2024

(Clockwise, starting on top left) Authors Évelyne Trouillot, Can Xue, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, Miral Al-Tahawy, Victoria Lomasko, Kim Bi, and Habibe Jafarian.

How do you celebrate Women's History Month? In many parts of the world, the celebration begins on March 8th. With over 100 years of history, International Women’s Day is a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

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