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NewsJoyce Carol Oates To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award From Oregon State University
We’re so pleased to share this bit of good news about Anisfield-Wolf jury member Joyce Carol Oates! From Oregon State:…
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NewsVIDEO: Mohsin Hamid Talks About The Film Adaptation Of His Book, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
In advance of the film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, take a look back at Hamid’s talk on his book…
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NewsWhat Will We Do If Public Libraries No Longer Exist?
2011 Anisfield-Wolf winner Kamila Shamsie reflects on the availability of literature through the world’s public libraries—and what that means for…
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NewsMeet 2011 Winner Mary Helen Stefaniak At Cuyahoga County Public Library
Meet Mary Helen Stefaniak, author of The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. When new teacher, Miss Grace Spivey, arrives and turns…
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6 Quotes From Your Favorite Authors
Because it is more appealing to hear from the authors themselves, we’ve rounded up some of the best quotes we’ve…
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NewsThe Lives They Lived – Isabel Wilkerson Pays Tribute To Those Who Were “The First”
In the New York Times magazine’s annual “The Lives They Lived” feature, 2011 Anisfield-Wolf winner Isabel Wilkerson explores the lives…
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NewsVIDEO: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Her Book, “The Thing Around Your Neck”
“I’ve always felt one step removed from things because I’ve always felt I’ve been watching. I wasn’t entirely there. There…
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NewsVIDEO: How To Write Like Walter Mosley
In this series of videos from BigThink.com, 1998 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Walter Mosley gives answers to all types of questions:…
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NewsHenry Louis Gates Jr On The Importance Of A Good Book
Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Henry Louis Gates has a resume a mile long. And in between his work at Harvard, his…
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Thinking Of Starting A Book Club With Friends? Here Are Some Tips
For those who enjoy reading books, and enjoy sharing their favorite books with their friends even more, starting a book…
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NewsVIDEO: Annette Gordon-Reed On Being Named A MacArthur Fellow
2009 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Annette Gordon-Reed had the distinct privilege of being awarded a MacArthur “Genius” grant, which is a…
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NewsInterview With Kamila Shamsie On The Power Of Reading
In this brief interview, Kamila Shamsie, a 2010 Anisfield-Wolf award winner, talks about the joy of reading, the upside of…
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2011 Newsletter: Fall
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NewsJunot Diaz On Why He Writes And The Power Of Perseverance
What makes a writer a writer? It’s a simple question with many possible answers and if you ask 10 authors,…
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NewsThe Words Of Winners: Nam Le
On the power of fiction: ”I do believe that you can never know yourself let alone the person next to…
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NewsVIDEO: The Many Lives of Quincy Jones
It’s been almost 10 years since Quincy Jones won an Anisfield-Wolf Award for his book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy…
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NewsBooks Vs. Movies: How Will “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” Fare On The Big Screen?
2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid’s groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a…
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NewsVIDEO: Edwidge Danticat Honored With Langston Hughes Medal At City College Of New York
2005 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Edwidge Danticat gets emotional after receiving the Langston Hughes medal at the 2011 Langston Hughes Festival,…
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NewsVIDEO: Young Actor Performs John Edgar Wideman’s “Bananas”
The world of publishing is changing right before our eyes, with established authors choosing to go the self-publishing route. Anisfield-Wolf’s…
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NewsVIDEO: 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner David Eltis Speaks On His Groundbreaking Work, “Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade”
David Eltis, Woodruff Professor of History at Emory University, along with his co-author David Richardson, has complied one of the…