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NewsBiographer Arnold Rampersad Is The 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Winner
Arnold Rampersad, our 2012 Anisfield-Wolf winner, has a special tie to the Cleveland area, where our awards are hosted every…
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AuthorArnold Rampersad
Growing up as a schoolboy in Trinidad, I received an education in literature that some people might dismiss as ‘colonial.’ It nevertheless served me well in dealing with the complexities of American biography.
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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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NewsZadie Smith On Balancing Motherhood And A Writing Career
Anne-Marie Slaughter’s “Why Women Can’t Have It All” article has re-ignited the conversation about working mothers and their quest to…
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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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NewsJunot Diaz Speaks On Race and Literature, Will Be Keynote Speaker At Facing Race Conference 2012
During a two-day symposium at Stanford University, Junot Diaz had the opportunity to sit down with editor Paula M.L. Moya…
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NewsFriday Lit Review: Are E-Books Taking Over?
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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88 Books That Shaped America (According To The Library Of Congress)
No, it’s not a “best books of all-time” list, but the list assembled by the Library of Congress, to celebrate…
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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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News“Most Of What I Do Fails”: Honest Observations From James McBride
It’s almost hard to believe 1997 Anisfield-Wolf winner James McBride when he talks about his failures. His 2002 novel, Miracle…
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NewsWho’s Been Called The “Tiger Woods Of American Literature”?
2004 winner Edward P. Jones is a skilled writer. That seems to be understood quite well by all who have…
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NewsVIDEO: Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 – Is This The Future Of Literature?
Book clubs have tended to be a very private thing. Intimate gatherings among friends, book clubs were a simple time…
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NewsWhat Was Life Like On The Eve Of The Civil War?
We tend to have a lot of historians on our winners list. They’re the people who can take what we’ve…
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NEW ON THE BOOKSHELF: Geoffrey C. Ward’s “A Disposition To Be Rich”
2005 winner Geoffrey C. Ward‘s latest book covers familiar ground—history—but also gives readers insight into his family history. The book…
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News2012 Winner David Livingstone Smith To Participate On G20 Summit Panel
2012 nonfiction winner David Livingstone Smith, author of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others, will be a…
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NewsADVICE FROM THE WINNERS: Writing Realistic Characters
Anisfield-Wolf jury member Joyce Carol Oates explains how writers can get in touch with the core of their characters, using…
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NewsNew On The Bookshelf: Jill Lepore’s The Mansion of Happiness
Our “New On The Bookshelf” series highlights new works from past Anisfield-Wolf authors. It’s a question many of us don’t…
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NewsWhat To Expect From Oprah’s Book Club 2.0
2010 Lifetime Achievement winner Oprah Winfrey (do we even need to say her last name?) had big news to share…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors Hit The Stage At Book Expo 2012
Some of our very own Anisfield-Wolf winners will be in attendance at the 2012 Book Expo at the Javits Center…
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NewsToni Morrison Discusses “Home” + Receives Presidential Medal Of Freedom
May has been an incredible month for Ms. Morrison. She released her latest novel, Home, to rave reviews and she was…