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REVIEW: “Sing Unburied Sing” Fits Perfectly Into Jesmyn Ward’s Canon Of Southern Literature
The pages of Jesmyn Ward’s third novel, “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” smell of Mississippi. Set in the same fictional town, Bois…
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REVIEW: Adrian Matejka’s “Map To The Stars” Is An Extraordinary Ride
by Charles Ellenbogen Anisfield-Wolf award winner Adrian Matejka has produced another excellent book of poems. I chose the word ‘book’…
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Cleveland Book Week Highlights: Isabel Allende Speaks At The City Club Of Cleveland
During Cleveland Book Week, the incomparable Isabel Allende joked at age 75 about her new boyfriend, and about her approach…
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Cleveland Book Week Highlights: Tyehimba Jess At Karamu House For A Poetry “Clapback”
Tyehimba Jess came home to Karamu House to lift up “Olio,” his magnificently engineered collection of poems that explore black…
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Cleveland Book Week Highlights: “Hidden Figures” Author Margot Lee Shetterly In Conversation With Cleveland Students
Hundreds of Cleveland students joined author Margot Lee Shetterly at Cleveland State University in early September for a student-centric discussion…
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On The Ground In Ferguson And Beyond: Wesley Lowery On Black Lives Matter And Police Fatalities
Thanks to Wesley Lowery and his colleagues at the Washington Post, citizens anywhere can click on the newspaper’s “Fatal Force”…
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Grant Opportunity For Ohio Libraries Brings Regional Literature To Readers
The State Library of Ohio is making it easier for residents to read excellent books with ties to our region,…
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Congressman John Lewis Honored With Louis Stokes Community Award In Cleveland
U.S. Congress member John Lewis is short and bald and unfailingly humble. Before he could say a word during a…
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That’s A Wrap! Cleveland Book Week 2017, From Cover To Cover
Last week we celebrated Cleveland Book Week, a series of book and literacy-themed events surrounding the 82nd annual Anisfield-Wolf Book…
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Rita Dove Named One Of Time Magazine’s “Firsts”
The September 18 double-issue of Time Magazine profiles 46 living women pioneers – among them Rita Dove, the former U.S. poet…
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Finding Common Ground On Literacy
Two of every three Clevelanders read at the seventh-grade level or below – making 66 percent of adult Clevelanders functionally…
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LISTEN IN: Novelist Colson Whitehead Interviewed On Professional Book Nerds Podcast
This month, Adam Sockel and Jill Grunenwald, hosts of the “Professional Book Nerds” podcast, snagged a few moments with Colson…