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Podcasts
Episode 4: Novelist Namwali Serpell
All too often, African countries, African literatures, get thrown together and the differences between them are elided. What is Zambian…
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Podcasts
Episode 3: Poet Ilya Kaminsky
What I was trying to do being hard of hearing, was to navigate the questions of: At which point is…
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Education
The Music of Tommy Orange’s “There There”
Lisa Nielson is an Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Fellow at Case Western Reserve University. She has a PhD in historical musicology, with…
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Podcasts
Episode 2: Poet Sonia Sanchez
You know what I found out about my teaching? My teaching made me much more human. Some of the ideas…
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News
Add Our New Podcast, The Asterisk*, to Your Playlist
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is proud to present The Asterisk*, a new podcast hosted by Karen R. Long, manager of…
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Podcasts
Episode 1: Historian Eric Foner
“When somebody told me that they had just seen the Confederate flag on TV being carried around the Capitol, my…
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Education
Reading Anisfield-Wolf Winners’ Picture Books
This lesson plan guides educators in teaching children’s books to young adult and adult learners. In addition to offering some…
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News
Bill To Create “Toni Morrison Day” Headed To Vote In Ohio State Senate
“Quiet as it is kept, there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941 . . . Not even the…
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News
Rita Dove Featured On New Podcast By Akron Symphony Orchestra
Fans of Rita Dove’s 2009 poetry collection “Sonata Mulattica” can dive into the story behind the poems in a new podcast produced…
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News
Our 2020 Cleveland Book Week In Review
Our slate of virtual programming during this year’s Cleveland Book Week means you have continued access, including our collaborations with…
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Events
Sudanese-American Poet Safia Elhillo and Twelve Literary Arts on “The Weight and Opportunity of Living in the Hyphen”
Award-winning poet Safia Elhillo will be joined by acclaimed poets Phil Metres, Stephanie Ginese, Noor Hindi, and Geramee Hensley as…
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Events
Case Western Reserve University: 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Winner David Livingstone Smith
The University of New England philosopher, ethicist and author of the new book “On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist…
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Education
Exploring Magical Thinking Within “Olio” and “The Second Founding”
Students will identify examples of magical thinking in poetry, song, and nonfiction texts (“The Second Founding” by Eric Foner and…
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Education
Discussing The Complexities Of Citizenship Within “Half Of A Yellow Sun”
Kirsten L. Parkinson is the director of the Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature at Hiram College. Teaching world literature…
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Education
The Light Bulb Effect: Transforming Youth through Creative Writing Workshops
Zachary Thomas is the co-founder of Writers in Residence, which facilitates creative writing workshops for the adjudicated juvenile residents throughout…
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Education
Exploring Historical Connections Through “The Big Smoke”
Students get an introduction to Adrian Matejka’s “The Big Smoke” and its connections to Ralph Ellison and Shakespeare. Developed by…
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Education
Exploring Political Poetry Through “Deaf Republic”
Students will analyze Ilya Kaminsky’s “Deaf Republic.” Developed by Charles Ellenbogen, literature and language teacher at Campus International High School.
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Events
CIFF STREAMS + AWBA Film Selections
Viewers will have the opportunity to stream free Cleveland International Film Festival documentaries, all with an Anisfield-Wolfian flavor, from September…
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Events
In Conversation: Charles King + Steven Pinker
A virtual conversation between Charles King, our 2020 winner for nonfiction for “Gods of the Upper Air” and Anisfield-Wolf juror…
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Events
The City Club of Cleveland Forum: Eric Foner
Our 2020 lifetime achievement award winner Eric Foner will speak in a virtual City Club of Cleveland Friday Forum. He…