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NewsJericho Brown’s New Poetry Collection “The Tradition” A Daring, Inventive Body Of Work
The cover of Jericho Brown’s new poetry collection, The Tradition, features a young black boy, perhaps 10 years old, surrounded…
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NewsInterview with “Afterward” Director Ofra Bloch
“As a kid in Israel, my dream was to become a psychoanalyst and a filmmaker,” Ofra Bloch said in a…
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NewsForthcoming Poetry Collection “Deluge” A Stunning Debut For Leila Chatti
Leila Chatti worked six years to create Deluge, 52 poems that the esteemed Copper Canyon Press will publish next year…
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NewsZadie Smith’s “Feel Free” Honored At National Book Critics Circle Awards
Zadie Smith, best known for her piercing comic novels, has won a National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism for…
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News“Afterward,” New Film On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Premieres At The Cleveland International Film Festival
Join us for the Cleveland premiere of “Afterward,” a 94-minute documentary from Jerusalem-born psychoanalyst Ofra Bloch that explores the lingering…
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NewsA Shelf of One’s Own – An Argument for Transgender Literature
By Gabrielle Bychowski Sitting at my desk, I set down my copy of A Room of One’s Own, looked over…
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Poet Jericho Brown To Announce 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winners In April
Jericho Brown will announce the new class of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners in Cleveland April 4. The charismatic and much-lauded…
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News“A World Built On Bondage”: Anisfield-Wolf Authors To Close 2019 Virginia Festival Of The Book
For the second consecutive year, Anisfield-Wolf award-winning authors will close the Virginia Festival of the Book. On March 24, two…
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NewsAuthor Claudia Rankine Brings “Citizen” To Cleveland January 23
Claudia Rankine and her “slender, musical book that arrives like a thunderclap” are coming to Cleveland, the first major literary event…
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NewsN. Scott Momaday Named 2019 Recipient of the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
N. Scott Momaday, a captivating storyteller long considered “the dean of Native American letters,” is the new recipient of the…
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10 Gems From 2018 That Deserve A Spot On Your 2019 Reading List
As we bid adieu to 2018, allow us to shine a last, lingering reading light on ten highlights: the year’s…
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News“Sing Unburied Sing” Gets Its Own Mural In Cleveland
Look closely at the multicolored mural in the old Irishtown Bend in Cleveland and you’ll spot a small teal “JW”…
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NewsJesmyn Ward On The Politics Of Being A Southern Writer
When Jesmyn Ward took the stage with Ayana Mathis, each novelist glanced around the warm, lush Maltz Performing Arts Center…
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NewsNew Anisfield-Wolf Inspired Public Art Comes To The RTA Red Line
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders can now enjoy an even closer view of world-class art inspired by the…
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NewsLaird Hunt’s Latest Novel Is A Stunning Mystery, Setting Readers Up For A Harrowing Ride
The new novel from Laird Hunt, “In the House in the Dark of the Woods,” has the feel of a…
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NewsGet A Taste Of Toi Derricotte’s New Poetry Collection, “I”
Poet Toi Derricotte, whose 1998 prose publication “The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey” remains a pillar of American literature, has…
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NewsCleveland Book Week Highlights: N. Scott Momaday Speaks At City Club Of Cleveland
N. Scott Momaday began with horses and ended with bears. He spoke of the sacredness of both. At 84, the…
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NewsGet Ready For Cleveland Book Week 2018, Running September 22-29
The third annual Cleveland Book Week runs this year from Sept. 21-29, and will celebrate present and past Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards…
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NewsAndrew Solomon On The Film Adaptation of “Far From The Tree”:
Days ahead of the theatrical debut of the documentary film adapted from his book, Far From the Tree, author Andrew Solomon reflected…
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NewsIn New Harvey Milk Biography, A Portrait Of A Man Gone Too Soon
In 1970, Harvey Milk, a boisterous, restless New Yorker, turned 40 without a sense of having accomplished much. But in…