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Meet Our 2014 Winners
March 26, 2014
The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of its 79th annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2014 recipients of the only…
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Simon Schama’s “The Story Of The Jews” Premieres On PBS
March 24, 2014
Historian Simon Schama is careful not to call his new PBS series the “definitive” look at Jewish history, but by…
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Zadie Smith And Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Talk Race, Romance Novels And Beyonce At The Schomburg Center
March 20, 2014
Novelists Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – both Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners — displayed a warm, comfortable familiarity on…
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Jesmyn Ward Stresses Importance Of Telling Stories That Matter During Recent Visit To Cleveland
March 19, 2014
On a freezing, overcast March day, the writer Jesmyn Ward made her first foray to Cleveland. She barely smiled as…
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“Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth” Premieres At Cleveland International Film Festival
March 18, 2014
For the first time, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will sponsor a movie at the Cleveland International Film Festival: the documentary,…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins National Book Critics Award For “Americanah”
March 14, 2014
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Americanah” took the top prize for fiction at the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards . Karen Long,…
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Writing Across Race Can Be Treacherous
March 12, 2014
Occasionally, a white writer will turn to Mat Johnson, the novelist who created the much-praised “Pym” and “Hunting in Harlem,”…
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Beneath The Pain: Andrew Solomon Interviews Peter Lanza, Father Of Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza
March 11, 2014
Andrew Solomon dedicated a chapter of his Anisfield-Wolf winning Far from the Tree on families whose children have committed serious crimes. He…
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James McBride Delivers Soul-Stirring Renditions Of Gospel Favorites During “Good Lord Bird” Tour
March 7, 2014
Few writers have made the kind of spectacular, multimedia splash onto the literary scene the way James McBride has. McBride,…
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VIDEO: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Talks Feminism, Fashion, And Politics
March 6, 2014
Fresh off a feature on Beyonce’s secret album, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie stopped by HuffPost Live to talk about how her…
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VIDEO: “I, Too, Am Harvard” Highlights Frustration Of Black Students In Predominately White Spaces
March 4, 2014
A play about the realities of black students at Harvard University debuts Friday at the Black Arts Festival on the…
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Will “My Brother’s Keeper” Be Obama’s Lasting Legacy?
February 27, 2014
During January’s State of the Union address, President Obama included one sentence midway through his remarks that didn’t receive much…
