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JurorNatasha Trethewey
Pulitzer Prize-winner Natasha Trethewey served two terms as the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States (2012-2014), while also serving as the…
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JurorTiya Miles
Tiya Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study….
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JurorPeter Ho Davies
PETER HO DAVIES’s most recent books are the novel A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself, long-listed for the Aspen Words Literary…
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NewsCleveland Book Week 2023: From Cover to Cover
The eighth annual Cleveland Book Week brought five literary powerhouses — poet Saeed Jones, historian Matthew F. Delmont, novelists Geraldine Brooks and Lan Samantha Chang and…
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EventsThe Power of Prohibited Words with Angela Davis
Free and open access to information is a fundamental value in a healthy democracy. Launched in 1982, Banned Books Week…
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EventsThrity Umrigar in conversation with Karan Mahajan
Thrity Umrigar, Distinguished University Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, is the best-selling author of the novels Honor, Bombay Time, The…
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NewsREVIEW: Colson Whitehead’s Pen Sizzles With “Crook Manifesto”
by Charles Ellenbogen Ray Carney has a problem any parent will recognize. The protagonist of “Crook Manifesto” – the second…
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EventsGreat Lakes African American Writers Conference 2023
The Great Lakes African American Writers Conference (GLAAWC, pronounced “glossy”) will return to its home at the Cleveland Public Library,…
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EventsGeraldine Brooks & “Horse” at Dunham Tavern Museum & Gardens
Join the Cleveland Foundation and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards as we host Geraldine Brooks for a conversation about “Horse,” a…
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EventsLan Samantha Chang & “The Family Chao”
Join the Cleveland Foundation and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards as we host Lan Samantha Chang to discuss “The Family Chao,”…
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EventsAn Evening with Saeed Jones
Join the Cleveland Foundation, Karamu House, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards as we host Saeed Jones, the 2023 winner for…
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EventsMatthew F. Delmont & “Half American”
Join East Tech High School, the Cleveland Foundation, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards as we host Matthew F. Delmont, author…
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EventsCharlayne Hunter-Gault at the City Club
Join our 2023 lifetime achievement winner Charlayne Hunter-Gault at the City Club’s Friday Forum during Cleveland Book Week. Hunter-Gault first…
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PodcastsSeason 3, Episode 8: Ishmael Reed
Born 85 years ago in Chattanooga, Tenn., Ishmael Reed won the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award lifetime achievement prize for his…
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EventsLiterary Cleveland Inkubator Conference
Literary Cleveland will kick off 2023 Book Week with the Inkubator Writing Conference, with online literary panels running September 18-20….
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PodcastsSeason 3, Episode 7: Novelist Anthony Marra
Born in Washington, D.C., Anthony Marra won the 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award prize in fiction for “A Constellation of Vital…
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PodcastsSeason 3, Episode 6: Poet Shane McCrae
Shane McCrae won a 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in poetry for “In the Language of My Captor.” A book about freedom…
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PodcastsSeason 3, Episode 5: Novelist Percival Everett
Percival Everett won a 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in fiction for “The Trees.” The idea for the novel sprung from…
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Education
Reading Ohio’s Black Newspapers in the Nineteenth Century
This lesson plan provides background information, discussion questions and activities, and resources to help students learn about Black print culture,…