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In awarding him its literature prize in 1986, the Nobel Jury cited him as a writer ‘who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence.’

Writer Kevin Powers, who joined the Army at age 17 and served as a machine gunner in Iraq, creates a tightly focused, hypnotic story that spirals around his central character’s isolation. Powers has created a piercing portrayal of war.

This is a monumental book, the kind that appears once in a decade. It could not be a better example of the literature of diversity.

A vivid, fast-paced book that looks at Filipino heritage, samurai, fathers, masculinity, and memory.

The jury has spoken and five new authors will join the Anisfield-Wolf family. Our 2013 winners are:  Laird Hunt, Kind One,…

Quincy Jones turned 80 years old this year—a number he never thought he’d live to see. “I guess if you…

Few modern poets range as widely through time and geography as Rita Dove, the former U.S. poet laureate. But when…

Lisa Nielson, Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Case Western Reserve University’s SAGES program, was profiled in the Plain Dealer’s “My Cleveland” column….

Gary Schmidt, the lanky author of winning children’s novels such as “The Wednesday Wars” and “Okay for Now,’ stood up…

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban last fall for being a vocal advocate for…

Did you know that fewer than half of U.S. families read to their kindergarten-age children on a daily basis? That children…

By Lisa Nielson, Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Fellow Lisa Nielson is the Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Fellow at Case Western Reserve University. She has…

One of our most accomplished, “visible” authors has to be Junot Diaz, hands down. He is at ease on the…

Toni Morrison doesn’t hold her tongue on anything she deems important for the masses to know. At 82, she has…

During my freshman year at Kent State University, I was a little wary when I saw one of the books…

American philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah is not allowed into China. He mentioned this fact at the end of his well-attended…

Chances are, Joyce Carol Oates’ latest work is unlike anything you’ve ever read before. “The Accursed” takes readers on a…

Boston—U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young turns 81 this week. He was barely into his 30s when he traveled with the Rev….

With so much negative news spilling out of Chicago each day, we’re happy to see at least one bright spot…

March 10th, 2013 was the 100th anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman, a woman whose name is synonymous with…