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Celebrating the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards During a Pandemic
September 13, 2021
Mary Fecteau is a senior producer at Ideastream Public Media and director of the 2020 and 2021 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards…
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2021 Anisfield-Wolf Awards Documentary
September 9, 2021
Cleveland Book Week features a one-hour documentary with historian Vincent Brown, poet Victoria Chang, memoirist Natasha Trethewey, novelist James McBride,…
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Author Isabel Wilkerson On “Caste” And This Country’s Racial Moment of Truth
August 22, 2021
Journalist and author Isabel Wilkerson, an authority on the Great Migration and the anthropology of caste, will anchor the Cleveland…
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A Poetic Tribute To MacNolia Cox, Who Paved The Way For Spelling Champion Zaila Avant-garde
July 14, 2021
Two girls, African American eighth graders, separated by geography and time, made a splash at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. …
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With “On Juneteenth,” Annette Gordon-Reed Makes The Holiday And Its Texas Origins Personal
June 16, 2021
The holiday of Juneteenth is deepening its mark on American history. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously this week to make…
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A Foundational Friendship between Edith Anisfield Wolf and Amy Loveman Created and Nurtured the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
May 28, 2021
By Lisa Nielson Almost 90 years ago, two women quietly cooked up what is to this day the only juried…
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“Landfall” Puts Spotlight on Puerto Rico Residents’ Leadership In The Aftermath of Hurricane Maria
April 8, 2021
Hurricane Maria scythed more than 3,000 souls on Puerto Rico, according to the official death toll. Among that number was…
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Introducing Our Class of 2021
April 5, 2021
The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 86th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2021 recipients of the only…
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Add Our New Podcast, The Asterisk*, to Your Playlist
February 12, 2021
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is proud to present The Asterisk*, a new podcast hosted by Karen R. Long, manager of…
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Bill To Create “Toni Morrison Day” Headed To Vote In Ohio State Senate
November 25, 2020
“Quiet as it is kept, there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941 . . . Not even the…
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Rita Dove Featured On New Podcast By Akron Symphony Orchestra
November 19, 2020
Fans of Rita Dove’s 2009 poetry collection “Sonata Mulattica” can dive into the story behind the poems in a new podcast produced…
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Watch The 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
November 2, 2020
Enjoy this reimagined ceremony turned documentary, streaming now. It is hosted by Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr. and features…
