Great Books?
Posted on September 23, 2015
Still making tweaks on your syllabus? Trying to decide which "Great Books" will be great in the classroom?
Thanks, and a Call for Pilot Educators
Posted on July 09, 2015
Thanks to M. Lynx Qualey at Arabic Literature (in English) for the generous review of WWB Campus,
which she called "the best teaching resource for translated Arabic
literature freely available online."
We interview Wenguang Huang!
Posted on March 02, 2015
We're very happy to announce that our video interview with noted author, translator and journalist Wenguang Huang is now up on the site! Watch the video to find out what it was like to be at Tiananmen Square in 1989, why "a calf is not afraid of the tiger," and why some Chinese idioms have to be translated directly to be understood.
A New Video for the Egypt Unit
Posted on December 19, 2014
We've just posted an interview with author Miral Al-Tahawy, author of the short story The Guest, in the Egypt unit. In the video, Al-Tahawy talks about becoming a writer, describes the roles of girls and women in Bedouin communities, and explains why her mother hid her book covers.
"Around the Globe": International Diversity in YA Writing Event at the NYPL
Posted on December 17, 2014
Last Wednesday evening, the New York Public Library hosted “Around the Globe," a lively panel discussion marking the launch of Words Without Borders' first-ever International Young Adult Literature issue.