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NewsVIDEO: Andrew Solomon On Winning The 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Award
We caught up with Andrew Solomon a few hours before the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf ceremony to ask him his thoughts on…
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NewsA. Van Jordan Remixes Film And Poetry For Latest Work, “The Cineaste”
When the starter failed Tuesday in A. Van Jordan’s car, the poet leased a rental and made a deadline dash…
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NewsVeterans Flock To Kevin Powers’ Message Of Resiliency And Courage At CWRU Event
Kevin Powers didn’t flinch when the novelist Thrity Umrigar asked him a pointed question—had he considered incorporating substantial Iraqi characters…
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News“We Are All Political”: Poets Eugene Gloria & Kazim Ali Move The Crowd At MOCA
Eugene Gloria says that he is fascinated by failure. He was quick to describe a particular poem or two as…
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NewsNew Film, “American Promise,” Follows One Young Boy Through 13 Years Of School
In at least one way, Joe Brewster sounds like most fathers. “I want my son to have the best education…
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NewsWhat’s In A Name? The Politics Behind Selecting Your Baby’s Name
Every afternoon, I wait in my children’s grade school library with the other parents for pick-up. The principal reads off…
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NewsAnisfield-Wolf Book Awards Profiled In Belt Magazine’s Premiere Issue
Several years ago, Clevelander Anne Trubek attended the Anisfield-Wolf ceremony with an interest in hearing that year’s crop of winners…
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2013 Sound of Ideas: Andrew Solomon
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NewsYoung Poet Graces Stage, Dazzles Crowd At 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Ceremony
Tonight, our spotlight shined on 10-year-old Gwyneth Wilde, a fifth-grader at the Falcon Academy of Creative Arts in Mogadore. Gwyneth…
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News“Books Through Bars” Program Gives Inmates Hard-To-Access Reading Material
Three times a week, a group of strangers gathers in the basement of an independent New York City bookstore. Their…
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NewsMust-See: Carrie Mae Weems At Cleveland Museum Of Art
Photographer and artist Carrie Mae Weems paused in front of more than 600 rapt listeners in late August to take…
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NewsHappy Birthday, Rita Dove
Anisfield-Wolf juror Rita Dove is 61 today. Her father, chemist Ray Dove, took her and her brother from Akron, Ohio,…
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NewsBlack Breastfeeding Week 2013: Pushing For Better Health Outcomes For Black Babies
The numbers are sobering: African American babies are twice as likely to die before their first birthday than white infants….
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News#HipHopEd = Science Mixed With Rap For An Ultimate Battle Of Skills
“I defy gravity/I am stronger than any force/I am Brooklyn” This isn’t a verse from one of Jay Z’s latest…
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NewsCleveland Public Library’s Brown Bag Book Club Features Anisfield-Wolf Authors
Meet our esteemed manager, Karen R. Long, at the Cleveland Public Library’s Brown Bag Book Club on Wednesday, August 21…
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NewsREVIEW: Eugene Gloria, My Favorite Warlord
by Kathleen Cerveny My Favorite Warlord, by Eugene Gloria, is the recipient of the 2013 Anisfield Wolf Book Award for…