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NewsVIDEO: What’s It Like To Be The Inaugural Poet?
On the eve of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, Yale University hosted a live chat with Elizabeth Alexander, whose “Praise…
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NewsJonathan Kozol To Speak On Reducing Poverty With Dr. Cornel West And Tavis Smiley
1996 winner Jonathan Kozol will be speaking with Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West at the January 17th event, Vision…
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Isabel WIlkerson Describes Jim Crow Laws In The 1950s
In an Art Works podcast hosted by the National Endowment of the Arts, Isabel Wilkerson describes what life was like…
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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’s The Next Pick In Oprah’s Book Club?
We highlighted the reboot of Oprah’s book club (dubbed Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 as a nod to the newly added…
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Former Plain Dealer Book Editor, Karen Long, Joins Anisfield-Wolf Staff
We are thrilled to announce that Karen Long, until recently the book editor at the Plain Dealer, will be coming…
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NewsVIDEO: Edwidge Danticat On Why Americans Don’t Know Haiti Beyond The Catastrophes
When we see Haiti in the news, it is often downtrodden and negative. Edwidge Danticant, our 2005 winner for fiction,…
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Five Books You Should Read First In 2013
With a new year comes new reading lists. We at Anisfield-Wolf rounded up some of the new and not-so-new books…
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NewsReflections On A New Year: Ralph Ellison Style
“All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it…
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What Could This Blog Be In 2013?
As our first full year of blogging here is coming to a close, we at Anisfield-Wolf wanted to take a…
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NewsHave You Seen “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”?
We’ve talked so much about Mohsin Hamid‘s The Reluctant Fundamentalist coming to the big screen next year and the wait…
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Junot Diaz Shares What’s On His Christmas Dinner Table
We’re keeping it light this week—we know everyone is busy with family and friends and the wonderfulness of the holiday…
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NewsAre There Books On Your Holiday List? Here’s Three Books We Think You Should Include
If you haven’t read it already, Junot Diaz’ This is How You Lose Her is a terrific collection of short…
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NewsVIDEO: Louise Erdrich On Her New Book, “Round House”
We talked about Junot Diaz’ great year, but Louise Erdrich is another Anisfield-Wolf winner with an amazing 2012. She released…
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NewsIn A Disaster, Do People Need Books As Much As They Need Other Supplies?
Several Nobel laureates, Libraries Without Borders and dozens of authors believe so. They are petitioning for books to be considered crucial in…
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NewsA Look Back At Junot Diaz’ Incredible Year
Few writers get the opportunity to be popular and well-regarded, particularly with readers’ fickle attention spans. But Junot Diaz seems to be…
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NewsScott Reynolds Nelson Tackles America’s Debt History In Latest Book
2007 winner Scott Reynolds Nelson’s latest book gives a thorough rundown of America’s history with debt—a history that is as…
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NewsWaking Up At 5 A.M. Every Day To Become A Writer
Judith Ortiz Cofer, 1994 winner for fiction, shares her advice on becoming a writer in this quick clip. She stresses…
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NewsZadie Smith’s Novel Gets The Audio Book Club Treatment
Slate.com book editor Dan Kois, DoubleX editor Hanna Rosin, and Brow Beat editor David Haglund sat down for a Slate Audio…
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NewsToni Morrison To Speak At Harvard Divinity School
On December 6, Toni Morrison will deliver the Ingersoll Lecture on Immortality at 5 pm in Sanders Theatre on the Harvard…