Tickets will be available on September 2nd through the Maltz Performing Art Center website!
The annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremony returns to the Maltz Performing Arts Center for a fourth consecutive year to honor the 2025 winners as they join the esteemed canon of America’s only juried book prize focusing on works that address racism and diversity. A reception, book sale and author signing will follow the ceremony.
Join us to celebrate the winners of the 90th annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards:
- Fiction: Colored Television by Danzy Senna
- Nonfiction: The United States Governed By Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery; A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography by John Swanson Jacobs, edited by Jonathan D. S. Schroeder
- Memoir: Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls
- Poetry: Yard Show by Janice Harrington
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa will also receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, recognizing his profound impact on American literature. Known for his lyrical explorations of war, memory, and race, Komunyakaa has shaped contemporary poetry with a voice that is both unflinching and deeply evocative. While Yusef Komunyakaa is unable to join us in-person, we will be honoring his poetic legacy during the evening’s program.
Tickets are free but required. There will be a standby line at the venue; if there is available space, people will be seated on a first come, first served basis. A livestream option will be available for those who cannot attend in person.
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