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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…

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…

The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series brings the literary world’s best writers to Cleveland. The 2021-2022 series is presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation and Case…

Deesha Philyaw will deliver the 2021 Langston Hughes Literary keynote at the 2021 GLAAWC conference at 11 am. Her debut short story collection, “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,” won…

Novelist Marlon James and Historian Vincent Brown will crack open their ideas in a unique conversation centered on Jamaica. The island is a lynchpin in world history, and a wellspring…

Join the campus-wide read of former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey’s “Memorial Drive,” praised as an instant classic. The memoir explores her mother’s life and death and the abiding tie…

Join the NEOMFA Reading Series for a reading, conversation, and Q&A featuring a pair of Anisfield-Wolf winning poets. Chang won this year for “Obit,” while McCrae was the 2018 winner…

Cave Canem and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards invite you to celebrate Black History Month by joining in “A Tribute to Russell Atkins.” Poet, playwright and composer, Atkins’ work has had…

Presented by the Cleveland Foundation, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards remain the only American book prize focusing on works that address racism and diversity. We look forward to a galvanizing night…

‍Literary Cleveland will kick off the 2022 Book Week with the Inkubator Writing Conference, with online literary panels running September 6-8. The in-person component returns to the downtown Cleveland Public…