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New Toni Morrison Documentary, “The Foreigner’s Home,” Explores The Meaning Of Belonging
At 87, Toni Morrison is a direct woman. The Nobel laureate in literature has long contemplated her legacy, and the…
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Mary Morris Is Back With Latest Novel, “Gateway to the Moon”
With Gateway to the Moon, writer Mary Morris casts a new spell drawing water from some of her favorite wells. Her…
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Interview With Directors Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip On Their New Film, “Dawnland”
Boston-based filmmaker Adam Mazo is quick to admit that he knew little about Native populations growing up in Minnesota. He’s…
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Introducing Our Class Of 2018
The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 83rd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Marlon James, a 2015 Anisfield-Wolf honoree, made…
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“Evicted” Author Matthew Desmond On Fixing America’s Broken Housing System
Matthew Desmond thinks America can’t see itself clearly. “We’re the richest democracy with the worst poverty. There’s not another advanced…
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National Book Critics Circle Awards Toast The Best Of 2017
The thrill of writing as clear as water ran through this year’s National Book Critics Circle awards, bookended by the…
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New Documentary “Dawnland” Explores Only Truth And Reconciliation Commission In The U.S.
Can the United States transition “from being an occupier to being a neighbor”? So asks gkisedtanamoogk, a Native man living…
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Jill Lepore Shares Political Optimism For A Divided Nation During CWRU Talk
Jill Lepore is restless. The Harvard historian prefers to walk while she thinks, and stand when she talks. And so…
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Poet Leila Chatti Named The Inaugural Anisfield-Wolf Fellow At Cleveland State University Poetry Center
Leila Chatti, a poet who grew up in Michigan, will be the first Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Writing and Editing, beginning…
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Professor Heather Shotton On Native Identity And Representation
As the #MeToo movement surges on, elevating the national conversation around sexual assault and gender inequality, Professor Heather Shotton believes…
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Author Angie Thomas Shares Inspiration For “The Hate U Give” With Cleveland Public Library
In December, a suburban Houston school district yanked copies of the young-adult novel “The Hate U Give” from all 25…
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Poet Elizabeth Alexander Becomes New President Of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Anisfield-Wolf poet Elizabeth Alexander will be the next president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, becoming the first woman to…