Lost in Translation

Forms of Global Poetry

For American students, the word “poetry” usually evokes images of Western figures: Maya Angelou’s resilience in “And I Still Rise”,  Robert Frost and hi... Read More

Romance Languages

Spanish or French. Most American students encounter these options in middle school or high school, when their brains are the most receptive to new languages ... Read More

Words Without Borders

Words Without Borders is an organization dedicated to facilitating global literary conversation. With 4,600 writers and translators operating in 147 countrie... Read More

Language in the UN

The United Nations (UN) is widely recognized as the world’s largest international organization. When the UN was created in 1945 after World War II, it succee... Read More

Hindi, Urdu, and Hindustani

Following English and Mandarin Chinese, Hindi is renowned for being the third most widely spoken language in the world, with around 650 million speakers glob... Read More