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NewsHost Of The Internet’s Most Lively Dinner Party, Ta-Nehisi Coates Commands The Room
At 38, Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior correspondent for The Atlantic’s online property, has become one of the nation’s foremost writers on…
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News“Your Words Have Changed My Life”: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Ceremony Salutes Literary Heavyweights
The potency of literature went on vivid display in early November when readers gathered around the writers who won this…
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News“Warmth Of Other Suns” Named The 2013 Selection For Chicago’s City-Wide Book Club
With so much negative news spilling out of Chicago each day, we’re happy to see at least one bright spot…
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NewsVIDEO: Ayana Mathis and Oprah Winfrey Discuss Suffering In “Twelve Tribes”
Have your debut novel selected as Oprah’s second selection in her book club and you must expect for your life…
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News“I Have A Dream”: Collections of Martin Luther King Links From Around The Web
Taylor Branch and Isabel Wilkerson were special guests of the Diane Rehm Show on NPR to discuss Dr. Martin Luther…
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NewsWe Can’t Get Enough Of Zora Neale Hurston
As we wrote before, Isabel Wilkerson has been educating her fans on the impact of the Great Migration by posting…
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NewsWhat Do Berry Gordy, Jimi Hendrix, and Lorraine Hansberry Have In Common?
The answer, as 2010 winner Isabel Wilkerson would like you to know, is that they are all products of the…
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NewsWE REMEMBER: August Wilson’s Play, “The Piano Lesson,” Debuted 25 Years Ago This Month
In our rush to get to Thanksgiving dinner, we missed the anniversary of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” 2011 winner…
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Anisfield-Wolf Winners Reaction To The Election
The 2012 election cycle was filled with a bombardment of political ads, 24-hour news cycles dissecting every possible angle, and…
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NewsVIDEO: Will We See A Big-Screen Adaptation of “The Warmth Of Other Suns”?
Interview with Isabel Wilkerson from Mayborn School of Journalism on Vimeo. To say there has been immense interest in Isabel…
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NewsHuffington Post Reveals 50 Books Every African American Should Read – How Many AW Winners Made The List?
Huffington Post’s Black Voices rounded up 50 books the editors think every African American should read (they added on Twitter…
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NewsWould You Like To See Your Relatives As The Subject Of A Book?
Isabel Wilkerson’s 2010 masterpiece The Warmth of Other Suns focuses on the Great Migration, scores of Southern African Americans who packed…
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NewsMiddle School Students Perform “Warmth Of Other Suns” Play
There’s nothing like seeing young people get excited about history, something that is typically pretty hard to do. “Warmth of…
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NewsFriday Lit Review: Things You Might Have Missed While You Were Out
Each Friday we’ll be bringing you news about your favorite authors, literature and books in general. Tell us what you…
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NewsVIDEO: “The Warmth Of Other Suns” Turned Into A…Song?
We find the most fascinating things by following our favorite authors on Facebook and Twitter. 2011 winner Isabel Wilkerson shared…
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Friday Lit Review: Things You Might Have Missed When You Were Busy Living Life
Each Friday we’ll be bringing you news about your favorite authors, literature and books in general. Check out the first…
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Anisfield-Wolf Guide To Black History Month
Black History Month is but one period out of the year where we focus on the accomplishments and contributions of…
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NewsRonn Richard 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Remarks
Good evening. I’m Ronn Richard, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to…
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76th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize Winners Announced
CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 12, 2011) – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of the 76th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards…
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BookThe Warmth of Other Suns
The first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and the first black reporter to win for individual reporting, Wilkerson has also won the George Polk Award and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.