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Toni Morrison Shares What Mistakes She Made With “The Bluest Eye”
March 1, 2013
We were thrilled to receive an invitation to participate in Toni Morrison’s first live digital book signing, courtesy of Google…
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Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas Brings Immigration Debate To Cleveland
February 26, 2013
The audience was sparse for immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas. As it scattered into the seats of the Ohio Theatre…
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VIDEO: Kwame Anthony Appiah Shares What Winning An Anisfield-Wolf Award Meant To Him
February 25, 2013
In what we hope will become an ongoing series, we’ll be sitting down with Anisfield-Wolf winners to hear their thoughts…
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Richard Blanco And Elizabeth Alexander Share Their Experience As Inaugural Poets
February 22, 2013
For the first time in history, two inaugural poets shared the same stage and spoke about what the experience meant…
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Are There Any Books You Wouldn’t Want Your Children To Read?
February 20, 2013
Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel, Beloved, took home the Anisfield-Wolf award for fiction in 1988. In it, a slave, unwilling to…
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Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison!
February 18, 2013
In honor of Ms. Morrison’s 82nd birthday, we’re looking back at our archives for some of our favorite moments from…
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Jose Antonio Vargas’ Emotional Senate Testimony
February 16, 2013
In 2011, in the midst of a distinguished career as a journalist, Jose Antonio Vargas revealed that he was living in…
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Junot Diaz Speaks On The Importance Of Libraries
February 13, 2013
As the U.S. economy continues to crawl toward recovery, more and more people find themselves at the library. Filled with…
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What History Books Didn’t Teach You About Rosa Parks
February 11, 2013
Most children learn about Rosa Parks’ contribution to the Civil Rights Movement thusly: She boarded a bus, refused to move…
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EVENT: Kwame Anthony Appiah And Johnnetta Cole Speak On Identity And Humanity
February 8, 2013
After a rich discussion between philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah and museum director Johnnetta Cole, the final question in Oberlin’s Finney…
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Zadie Smith Shares New Short Story In The New Yorker
February 6, 2013
We’re always delighted to read a new piece from 2006 winner Zadie Smith’s mind, as she is one of our…
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Tom Hanks And Ken Burns Team Up To Produce Jack Johnson Miniseries
February 4, 2013
Jack Johnson, arguably one of the best heavyweight boxers to ever enter the sport, is about to have his story…
