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NewsVIDEO: Explore London Through Zadie Smith’s Characters
Penguin USA has uploaded a few videos of in honor of Zadie Smith’s new book NW. We thought you would…
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NewsWhat Should The Government Do About Poverty?
With the 2012 election cycle behind us (phew!), the focus has again shifted to our elected officials actual job responsibilities…
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Anisfield-Wolf Winners Reaction To The Election
The 2012 election cycle was filled with a bombardment of political ads, 24-hour news cycles dissecting every possible angle, and…
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NewsVIDEO: Junot Diaz Cracks Jokes, Reads Excerpt From Latest Book At Authors @ Google
Junot Diaz made a lively appearance at Google’s headquarters for its “Authors @ Google” interview series. Watch the video above…
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NewsSchool Board Member Objects To Textbook Review Process, Cites “Song Of Solomon” As Example Of Inappropriate Book
More than 35 years after being published, Toni Morrison’s “Song of Solomon” is behind a bit of controversy in the…
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NewsVIDEO: Lucille Clifton Recites Poem, “Homage To My Hips”
With all the destruction being felt on the East Coast from Hurricane Sandy, we felt the need to keep the…
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NewsVIDEO: Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah Shares His Personal Philosophy
1993 winner Kwame Anthony Appiah is well-known for his musings on race, culture, and identity. Born to a European mother…
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NewsVIDEO: Elizabeth Alexander Discusses Hip-Hop’s Link To Poetry
We talk about all things dealing with race and diversity here at Anisfield-Wolf but there is one subject we haven’t…
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NewsIncredible Artwork Of The One And Only Toni Morrison
We found this piece of art by local artist John Sokol fascinating. In it, he uses words to fill in the…
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NewsSNEAK PEEK: Cover Of Mohsin Hamad’s Latest Novel
Mr. Hamad’s latest book will hit stores in March. He recently sat down with The New Yorker for a brief…
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NewsVIDEO: “Storytelling Was A Way…To Save Ourselves” – Russell Banks
How do you write a novel about some of our society’s least sympathetic members? Russell Banks found out just how…
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NewsDavid W. Blight On Voter Suppression — Then And Now
For all the words we could pick to describe this election cycle, one word that most of us would agree…
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News“The Great Migration Is The Story Of Most African-Americans” – Isabel Wilkerson
A full two years after her acclaimed book, The Warmth of Other Suns, was published, Isabel Wilkerson continues to work…
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NewsVIDEO: The Danger Of The Single Story
In this TED talk, Chimamanda Adichie discusses the danger of the single story—that is, how powerful individual stories about a country can…
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NewsJunot Diaz, Louise Erdrich Named Finalists For The National Book Awards
We keep on telling you how terrific 2012 is shaping up for Junot Diaz and the accolades keep coming. Today, he and…
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NewsVIDEO: Stephen L. Carter Discusses His Book, “The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln”
Sometimes we see a longer video on YouTube and we consider passing on promoting it here because honestly, who wants…
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NewsVIDEO: Jill Lepore Explores The History Of Presidential Campaigns
In an extremely heated election season, sometimes it’s worth taking a moment to breathe. With millions being spent in ads…
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NewsLiterature Gets Social With Twitter Chats
Everything today is social. From watching the Emmys, All this social media has given rise to Twitter chats (the 2012…
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NewsJunot Diaz Wins 2012 MacArthur “Genius” Grant
We think it’s safe to say that 2012 is a great year for Junot Diaz. He just released his third…
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NewsVIDEO: 2012 Winner David W. Blight Speaks At Cleveland’s City Club
Yale professor David W. Blight spoke at the esteemed City Club the day after our Anisfield-Wolf ceremony to speak about…