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Honoring Toni Morrison With A “Gesture Of Love” On Her Birthday
February 17, 2020
A mere dozen miles from the site where Toni Morrison was born Chloe Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, a day-long gathering…
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What Henry Louis Gates Thinks About The “Beer Summit” Incident, 11 Years Later
February 4, 2020
Henry Louis Gates Jr. rarely speaks about one of his most publicized moments — the July 2009 arrest by Sgt….
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On Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation, These Two Anisfield-Wolf Titles Offer Reflection
January 27, 2020
Ten years after Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book prizes, Soviet troops advanced across southeastern Poland and liberated Auschwitz, the…
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Cleveland Residents Invited To Anisfield-Wolf Reading Series
January 21, 2020
Pull up a chair at Case Western Reserve University’s new reading seminar for a hearty discussion of four Anisfield-Wolf award-winning…
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Celebrating Zora Neale Hurston With The Release Of “The Zora Canon”
January 7, 2020
Anisfield-Wolf recipient Zora Neale Hurston would have turned 129 years old January 7. To celebrate her birthday, the editors of…
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Put These 2019 Titles On Your 2020 Book List
December 16, 2019
In the onslaught of titles published each year, friends of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards can deploy a powerful technique to…
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Tommy Orange Shares The Urban Native American Experience In “There There” During Cleveland Book Week
November 22, 2019
Novelist Tommy Orange, cast in the warm glow of the lights at St. John Episcopal Church, brought his Anisfield-Wolf award-winning…
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Tracy K. Smith Examines The Duty Of Poetry In Turbulent Times During Cleveland Book Week
November 15, 2019
With the William G. Mather steamship providing a nautical backdrop, poet Tracy K. Smith brought her work to the shores…
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Young Cleveland Poet Mesmerizes Crowd At 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Ceremony
October 29, 2019
For the past decade, Northeast Ohioans gathered for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremonies have celebrated a young poet alongside the…
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Sonia Sanchez Invokes The Political At Kent State University For Cleveland Book Week
September 23, 2019
Poet Sonia Sanchez launched Cleveland Book Week 2019 with a rousing, reflective performance at Kent State University, as part of…
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Reflecting On My Immigrant Experience Through Anisfield-Wolf Award Winning Books
August 22, 2019
For a few days in June, I sat down in an old building at Case Western Reserve University among 20…
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REVIEW: Sarah M. Broom Brings New Orleans To Life With “The Yellow House”
August 14, 2019
The typical story set in New Orleans begins and ends somewhere in the French Quarter, but Sarah M. Broom’s meaty…
