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Henry Louis Gates Jr On The Importance Of A Good Book
December 21, 2011
Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Henry Louis Gates has a resume a mile long. And in between his work at Harvard, his…
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Thinking Of Starting A Book Club With Friends? Here Are Some Tips
December 19, 2011
For those who enjoy reading books, and enjoy sharing their favorite books with their friends even more, starting a book…
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VIDEO: Annette Gordon-Reed On Being Named A MacArthur Fellow
December 16, 2011
2009 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Annette Gordon-Reed had the distinct privilege of being awarded a MacArthur “Genius” grant, which is a…
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Interview With Kamila Shamsie On The Power Of Reading
December 14, 2011
In this brief interview, Kamila Shamsie, a 2010 Anisfield-Wolf award winner, talks about the joy of reading, the upside of…
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Junot Diaz On Why He Writes And The Power Of Perseverance
December 12, 2011
What makes a writer a writer? It’s a simple question with many possible answers and if you ask 10 authors,…
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The Words Of Winners: Nam Le
December 9, 2011
On the power of fiction: ”I do believe that you can never know yourself let alone the person next to…
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VIDEO: The Many Lives of Quincy Jones
December 7, 2011
It’s been almost 10 years since Quincy Jones won an Anisfield-Wolf Award for his book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy…
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Books Vs. Movies: How Will “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” Fare On The Big Screen?
December 5, 2011
2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid’s groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a…
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VIDEO: Edwidge Danticat Honored With Langston Hughes Medal At City College Of New York
December 2, 2011
2005 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Edwidge Danticat gets emotional after receiving the Langston Hughes medal at the 2011 Langston Hughes Festival,…
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VIDEO: Young Actor Performs John Edgar Wideman’s “Bananas”
November 30, 2011
The world of publishing is changing right before our eyes, with established authors choosing to go the self-publishing route. Anisfield-Wolf’s…
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VIDEO: 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner David Eltis Speaks On His Groundbreaking Work, “Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade”
November 28, 2011
David Eltis, Woodruff Professor of History at Emory University, along with his co-author David Richardson, has complied one of the…
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VIDEO: 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner Mary Helen Stefaniak Reads From “The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia”
November 25, 2011
Thinking about picking up a book from one of the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf winners? Check out this brief reading from Mary…
