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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…
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NewsStephen L. Carter’s Latest Novel – What If President Lincoln Survived The Assassination Attempt?
We’ve got a summer reading list a mile long and another title just got added to the pile. Stephen L….
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What’s On Your Summer Reading List?
We don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but this weekend it’s going to hot and humid….
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NewsVIDEO: Gwendolyn Brooks Reads Her Poem, “We Real Cool”
It’s a short poem but it’s also one of Gwendolyn Brooks‘ (pardon the pun) coolest. “We Real Cool,” published in…
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NewsVIDEO: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson
In Geoffrey C. Ward’s Unforgivable Blackness: Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, we are treated to a front row seat…
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NewsWhy We’re Very Lucky To Have Henry Louis Gates Jr As Our Jury Chair
We know we highlighted him a few weeks ago, but is something to be said for a man who is…
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NewsWhile We’re Waiting For The Movie Adaptation Of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”…
…you can hear about Mohsin Hamid’s role in getting the project to the big screen. Are you as excited for…
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NewsVIDEO: Esi Edugyan: “I’ve Wanted To Be A Writer Since I Was 13”
Often writers feel that urge to put their thoughts out in the world as young children. 2012 Anisfield-Wolf winner Esi…
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NewsVIDEO: Toni Morrison Discusses “Black Is Beautiful”
We’ve been talking about Toni Morrison a lot lately, but we think it’s difficult to provide too much information on…
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NewsDoes Toni Morrison’s Latest Stack Up Against Her Previous Works?
It’s not very likely to hear us expressing doubt about Ms. Toni Morrison‘s literary abilities. If anything, our appreciation for…
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VIDEO: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Sheds Light In “Finding Your Roots”
It’s so often repeated that it has lost most of its meaning, but the old saying is true: “You can’t…
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NewsToni Morrison On Herself: “The Only Thing I Do For Me Is Writing”
In anticipation for Toni Morrison’s latest novel, Home, following the story of a Korean War veteran and his return to…