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Historian Michael Twitty Sets “A Place At The Table,” Serves Up A Hearty Helping Of Culinary Justice
December 8, 2016
“Call soul food what it is: the edible scripture of the Black aesthetic, the culinary answer to jazz, memory food…
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“This Is Unreal”: Rep. John Lewis’ Acceptance Speech At 2016 National Book Awards
November 29, 2016
A visibly emotional John Lewis took to the podium at the 2016 National Book Awards to accept this year’s prize for…
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REVIEW: “Delicious Foods” Makes For A Very Satisfying Literary Meal
by Charles Ellenbogen Eddie has just escaped from the farm; Eddie also has no hands. Those are among the first…
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Watch Henry Louis Gates’ New Series, “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise”
November 14, 2016
What if Martin Luther King Jr woke up and asked, “What happened since I’ve been gone?” The answer is the…
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“An Evening With Rita Dove & Friends” Captures 30 Years Of The Poet’s Greatest Verses
November 8, 2016
Each time poet and Akron native Rita Dove speaks in Northeast Ohio, she begins with an acknowledgement of home. Her…
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Author David Livingstone Smith Speaks On Combating Dehumanization At CWRU
November 6, 2016
Philosopher David Livingstone Smith gave a lively preview of “Making Monsters: The Uncanny Powers of Dehumanization,” his forthcoming book, for…
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Catch An Encore Screening Of Cleveland International Film Festival Hit, “Romeo Is Bleeding”
November 3, 2016
The gritty documentary “Romeo is Bleeding” took home the top audience choice prize at this year’s Cleveland International Film Festival….
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Activist Bree Newsome On “Tearing Hatred From The Sky” And The Fight For Sustainable Social Justice Movements
October 31, 2016
Bree Newsome — the activist who brought down the Confederate flag flying outside the Columbia, S.C. capitol building in 2015 —…
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REVIEW: Paul Beatty’s “The Sellout” Deserves The Man Booker Prize And Then Some
October 26, 2016
Paul Beatty’s “The Sellout” took home the Man Booker Prize for 2016, making him the first U.S. author to win…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Salutes First Lady Michelle Obama In New York Times Style Magazine
October 19, 2016
The editors of the New York Times Style magazine invited four woman to write letters of appreciation to Michelle Obama…
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Author And Dancer Brian Seibert In Performance With Oberlin Student Chandler Browne
October 18, 2016
For the last event of the inaugural Cleveland Book Week, Brian Seibert rolled up his cuffs and gave the audience…
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Sociologist Orlando Patterson On African-Americans’ Profound Cultural Influence: “America Is Indelibly Blackish”
October 17, 2016
Orlando Patterson, the public intellectual and Harvard University sociologist, made a deep impression on his audiences in Cleveland in September….
