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National Book Critics Circle Awards Toast The Best Of 2017
March 22, 2018
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.
March 13, 2018
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
March 12, 2018
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
March 9, 2018
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
February 27, 2018
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
February 20, 2018
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
February 7, 2018
Anisfield-Wolf poet Elizabeth Alexander will be the next president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, becoming the first woman to…
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Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Breaks Down The Dangers Of Educational Segregation During CWRU Convocation
February 5, 2018
Nikole Hannah-Jones has no interest in frittering anyone’s time. “You would never hear me use the word ‘diversity’ except to…
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REVIEW: “When They Call You A Terrorist” Takes Readers Inside The Black Lives Matter Movement
January 17, 2018
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, is no stranger to resistance. Her searing new memoir, “When…
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The New York Times And PBS NewsHour Team Up For A New Book Club
January 4, 2018
Jesmyn Ward, whose fiction is drawing comparisons to William Faulkner’s, received a new honor this week: her 2017 novel, “Sing,…
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New Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship Addresses Diversity In Publishing
December 15, 2017
In a nationally unique innovation, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards has partnered with the Cleveland State University Poetry Center to create…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors To Close 2018 Virginia Book Festival With Panel On Racism And Reflections On Charlottesville
December 5, 2017
Coming off a successful year of literary prizes, three of the 2017 recipients of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will reconvene…
