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    People of the Sacred Mountain

    Peter John Powell

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    Evangelist of Race

    Geoffrey G. Field

    Field has made a contribution to the discussion among historians of Germany whether German society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was an exception in Europe, or whether racialism, anti-Semitism, and all the excesses of ultra-nationalism were endemic in the whole of European society in the age of imperialism.

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    Black Metropolis

    St. Clair Drake

    Drake and Cayton’s findings not only offer a generalized analysis of black migration, settlement, community structure, and black-white race relations in the early part of the twentieth century, but also tell us what has changed in the last hundred years and what has not.

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    Dust Tracks on a Road

    Zora Neale Hurston

    Hurston considered her own blackness a gift and an opportunity. As an anthropologist and writer, she savored the richness of black culture and made a career out of writing about that culture in all its color and fullness.

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    July 27, 2011

    Book Submissions For information related to submitting a book for consideration please visit Submission Guidelines or email us at Submit@Anisfield-Wolf.org….

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    Luis Alberto Urrea

    September 11, 2025

    Luis Alberto Urrea, a Guggenheim Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the author of 19 books, winning numerous awards for…

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    Book Discussion: Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls, Led by Dr. Valentino Zullo

    September 10, 2025, 1:00 pm

    Dr. Valentino Zullo, Anisfield-Wolf Postdoctoral Fellow at Ursuline College, will lead a discussion of Tessa Hulls’ AWBA-winning memoir Feeding Ghosts…

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    Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Marks 90 Years of Truth-Telling Through Literature with a Citywide Celebration, Free and Open to the Public

    July 31, 2025

    The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA), the only national juried prize for literature that addresses racism and diversity, proudly marks its…

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    Revival: A Slave Narrative Reawakened

    September 20, 2025, 3:00 pm

    Presented in Partnership with Karamu House Hosted in the Church Hall at the Historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ohio…

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    Drawn from Memory: The Role of Art in Shaping Identity

    September 20, 2025, 2:00 pm

    Join us at Transformer Station for an afternoon of storytelling, art, and conversation with two groundbreaking creators: Maxine Hong Kingston, a…

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    Beyond Representation: Fiction that Illuminates the Complexity of Identity

    September 20, 2025, 1:00 pm

    Join us at Bop Stop, Cleveland’s beloved jazz club, for a vibrant conversation honoring Danzy Senna, winner of the 2025 Anisfield-Wolf…

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    Anisfield-Wolf Ticket Alerts & Special Content

    July 24, 2025

    Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards – 90th Anniversary Signup Join us for the 90TH ANNIVERSARY of the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS – the…

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    The 90th Anniversary Celebration

    September 20, 2025, 9:00 am

    Saturday’s AWBA events start at the Martin L. King, Jr. Branch of the Cleveland Public Library with an opening keynote…

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    2025 Cleveland Book Fest

    July 16, 2025

    Cleveland Book Week has been transformed into Cleveland Book Fest, a month-long showcase of literary excellence in Northeast Ohio. This…

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    Save the Date for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 90th Anniversary Weekend

    June 16, 2025

    Mark your calendars for a distinguished weekend of literature and camaraderie in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf…

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    Kortney Morrow

    May 28, 2025

    Kortney Morrow is a poet, arts advocate, and organizational strategist with over ten years of experience advocating for literacy and…

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    The United States Governed By Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery

    Jonathan D. S. Schroeder

    A Rediscovered Narrative, with a Full Biography For one hundred and sixty-nine years, a first-person slave narrative written by John…

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    Colored Television

    Danzy Senna

    A brilliant dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex.   Jane has high hopes her life…

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    Feeding Ghosts

    Tessa Hulls

    In her acclaimed graphic memoir debut, Tessa Hulls traces the reverberations of Chinese history across three generations of women in…

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    Yusef Komunyakaa

    The winner of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award goes to one of the most prolific poets of the 21st century,…