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Henry Louis Gates Jr. Remembers Rev. Clementa Pinckney
June 19, 2015
In a poignant op-ed for The New York Times, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. recalls his time spent…
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Poet Richard Blanco And Activist Ruth Behar Work To Lift Cuba’s “Emotional Embargo”
June 12, 2015
Writer Ruth Behar and poet Richard Blanco have launched Bridges to/from Cuba, an ambitious collaborative fueled by 20 years of friendship. The…
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East Cleveland Women Use Poetry On The Path To Healing
June 11, 2015
by Ann Kowal Smith + Rachel Burstein This post was originally published on the Books@Work blog. Reading, writing and discussing…
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Author Isabel Wilkerson Brings Cleveland Connection To “The Warmth Of Other Suns”
June 9, 2015
Additional reporting by Tara Jefferson When Isabel Wilkerson comes to Cleveland, she sees Alabama. An authority on the Great Migration—the…
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Protests Over Chinese Censorship Target Book Expo America Events
June 5, 2015
This year, two strikingly opposed vistas marked Book Expo America, the largest annual book industry trade show. Shiny black stretch…
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Four Keys For HBCUs Of The Future To Thrive
June 4, 2015
A crowd thick with alumni packed the City Club of Cleveland to hear from leaders at their beloved alma maters:…
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Does Diversity Matter In Book Reviewing? (Hint: Yes, It Does)
June 2, 2015
New York, NY – Some 20 years ago, when novelist Alexander Chee was working for Out magazine, its owners commissioned…
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REVIEW: “The Light Of The World” Is A Surprisingly Buoyant Portrait Of Grief
May 30, 2015
A 200-page book on the untimely death of a spouse hardly seems like it would make for light summer reading….
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Marian Wright Edelman Brings Her Crusade To End Child Poverty To Cleveland
May 22, 2015
Marian Wright Edelman—born 75 years ago in small-town Bennettsville, S.C.—was named for the great contralto Marian Anderson. The founder of…
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Superheroes In Spandex: Jill Lepore’s Cultural Critique Meets Marvel Writer’s Rebuttal
May 20, 2015
Did Marvel get it right with A-Force, its latest contribution to the world of female superheroes? Not if you ask…
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Join Us At The Cleveland Public Library For A Summer Of Reading Anisfield-Wolf
May 19, 2015
The annual Anisfield-Wolf brown bag lunch series at the Cleveland Public Library takes a twist this year with a deep…
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VIDEO: Oprah Awarded Honorary Oscar For Her Extensive Charity Work
May 7, 2015
