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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
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Isabel Wilkerson And Shonda Rhimes Team Up For FX Series Of “The Warmth Of Other Suns”
May 6, 2015
Which black actors might best portray Ida Mae Gladney, George Starling and Dr. Robert Pershing Foster, the three real-life protagonists…
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Anisfield-Wolf Winners Fall On Both Sides Of PEN American Center’s Charlie Hebdo Award Controversy
May 4, 2015
More than 200 prominent authors—among them Anisfield-Wolf winners Junot Diaz and Kamila Shamsie—have publicly objected to the PEN American Center’s…
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Read Poet Jericho Brown’s Letter To CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Over Baltimore Coverage
May 1, 2015
“I want to hear you say there should be peaceful protests, not violent protests, in the tradition of Martin Luther…
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Four Poets On How Trauma And Conflict Inform Their Work
April 30, 2015
Minneapolis, MN — When the poet Ken Chen put together a discussion called “Mapping New Territories: Diasporic Writers from Regions…
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HBO To Bring Marlon James’ Brief History Of Seven Killings To The Screen
April 29, 2015
The cable network renowned for ambitious storytelling has optioned the rights to Marlon James’ latest novel, winner of the Anisfield-Wolf…
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Education Trumps Stereotypes: A Cleveland Student’s Perspectives On Islam
April 23, 2015
by Maria Pineda For centuries, Christians have stereotyped Muslims and I, for most of my 17 years, have stereotyped them…
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Toni Morrison Returns With “God Help The Child,” Remains Wickedly Entertaining
April 21, 2015
At 84, Toni Morrison is full of reflection on her successes and incidents where she might request a do-over. “It’s…
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Professor Adam Banks On The Link Between Funk And Technology
April 7, 2015
In a warm lecture hall, University of Kentucky professor Adam Banks bounced and spoke with the cool cadence of a…
