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Public intellectual Charles King lectures widely, writes extensively and pops up as an expert on “The Rachel Maddow Show” and other cable outlets. He teaches international affairs and government at…

The novelist, literary critic and short story writer Namwali Serpell was born in Zambia 16 years after her country threw off colonial rule. She is the daughter of a British-born…

Eric Foner—public intellectual, historian and educator —is among the most influential American historians of the last half-century. He has shaped how scholars and the public understand the politics and ideas…

Enjoy this reimagined ceremony turned documentary, streaming now. It is hosted by Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr. and features a visit to the hometowns of historian Eric Foner, poet…

Ilya Kaminsky reached a global audience with the publication of “Deaf Republic”; the BBC named him “one of the 12 artists that changed the world in 2019.” Kaminsky, winner of…

Our 2020 winner for fiction Namwali Serpell and Baldwin-Wallace University Professor Chisomo Selemani will discuss “The Old Drift” and Zambia at this international gathering. Tickets to the event are free…

Our 2020 lifetime achievement award winner Eric Foner will speak in a virtual City Club of Cleveland Friday Forum. He will discuss his most recent book, “The Second Founding,” the…

https://youtu.be/iKirkleXH-U A virtual conversation between Charles King, our 2020 winner for nonfiction for “Gods of the Upper Air” and Anisfield-Wolf juror Steven Pinker, hosted by the Western Reserve Historical Society….

Hear award-winning novelist and playwright Pearl Cleage keynote this multi-day writers’ conference, now in its third year. Join the full virtual conference to meet literary creatives from throughout the Great…

Viewers will have the opportunity to stream free Cleveland International Film Festival documentaries, all with an Anisfield-Wolfian flavor, from September 29-October 4. Coupled with each film will be an in-depth…

The University of New England philosopher, ethicist and author of the new book “On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It” will discuss his latest synthesis on the dynamic between…

Award-winning poet Safia Elhillo will be joined by acclaimed poets Phil Metres, Stephanie Ginese, Noor Hindi, and Geramee Hensley as they share about their own hyphenated existences. Daniel Gray-Kontar of…

Victoria Chang was born in 1970 in Detroit, the daughter of an engineer and a math teacher, both immigrants from Taiwan. Their daughter inherited a quantitative aptitude and earned an…

In the final paragraph of Memorial Drive, Natasha Trethewey describes driving with her mother toward Gulfport, Mississippi, where their relationship began in 1966 when Natasha was born. “Often, when I am…

James McBride has worn a porkpie hat, a goatee and a wry smile on his way to becoming a celebrated artist, Spike Lee collaborator and a National Humanities Medalist. President…

Scholar Vincent Brown traces a lifelong interest in warfare to growing up in a family steeped in military service and to his childhood in San Diego, “one of the largest…

Samuel R. Delany, a science fiction icon and pioneer in gay literature, began his childhood in the living quarters atop his parents’ Harlem funeral home. His father, Samuel Ray Delany…

Mira Jacob is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing. Her recent work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Vogue, Glamour, Tin…

Viewers will have the opportunity to stream free Cleveland International Film Festival documentaries, all with an Anisfield-Wolfian flavor, from September 27-October 3. Coupled with each film will be an in-depth…

Meet the author of this much-anticipated young adult series opener in the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Rainforest. In “Beasts of Prey,” fate binds two Black teenagers together as they strike a dangerous alliance…