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Zadie Smith Talks Creativity At CWRU: “I Much Prefer Writing At This Age Than When I Was 24.”
“Cleveland has always been incredibly nice to me,” novelist Zadie Smith said as she took the podium at Case Western…
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Laird Hunt Announces Big-Screen Adaptation Of Latest Novel, “Neverhome”
Anisfield-Wolf winning novelist Laird Hunt capped his book tour for the newly-released “Neverhome” by returning to Cleveland this week, arriving…
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Anisfield-Wolf Winners Both Attend And Object To The Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn, N.Y. — The Brooklyn Book Festival—a celebratory, cerebral, free event that runs one Sunday in September—attracted tens of thousands of readers,…
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VIDEO: Anthony Marra On Winning The 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Award For Fiction
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is an intoxicating first book about intersecting lives in war-torn Chechnya. The novel begins as…
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VIDEO: Ari Shavit On Winning The 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award For Nonfiction
Ari Shavit, a columnist for Jerusalem’s daily newspaper Haaretz, spent five years writing My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of…
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VIDEO: Adrian Matejka On Winning The 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award For Poetry
Adrian Matejka’s “The Big Smoke” is a nuanced, polyphonic book that explores the life of boxer Jack Johnson, the first…
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Adrian Matejka’s Poetry Hits The Canvas At Cleveland’s Old Angle Boxing Gym
Faded fight posters on the walls at Cleveland’s Old Angle boxing gym served as an authentic backdrop for the poetry…
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REVIEW: Laird Hunt’s “Neverhome” Takes Readers On A Mesmerizing Journey
Laird Hunt’s transfixing new novel “Neverhome” unspools in the voice of a Civil War soldier. It works upon the reader…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Launches Real-Life “Americanah” Blog
Last year, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie created Ifemelu, the protagonist and blogger in her novel “Americanah,” one of the smartest and…
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Poetry Becomes An Outlet For Cleveland Teens
For James LeVan, a 16-year-old Cleveland student at Glenville High School, police brutality became top of mind early this year….
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Presents “Case For Reparations” At City Club Of Cleveland
Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, walked to the lectern at the City Club of Cleveland and…
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Anthony Marra Brings His New Author Magic To Cleveland September 10
Anthony Marra startled the literary world in 2013 with his stunner of a debut, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena. His…
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“Poetry Is An Island” Documentary Hits The Mark On Derek Walcott And His Beloved St. Lucia
The melodic beckoning of Caribbean steel-pan drum greeted guests at the Midwestern premier of Dutch filmmaker Ida Does’ Derek Walcott…
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Explore 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Award Winning Titles At Cleveland Public Library’s Brown Bag Book Club
On the cusp of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards ceremony, join awards manager Karen R. Long for a personal introduction to…
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Poet Adrian Matejka Comes To Cleveland Boxing Gym For “The Big Smoke” Reading
Poet Adrian Matejka mixed his love of boxing with his love of literature to produce “The Big Smoke,” 52 poems…
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Olympian Greg Louganis Speaks To City Club On First Day Of Gay Games 9
A beaming and gracious Greg Louganis absorbed two standing ovations at the City Club of Cleveland, a gay pride flag…
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Anisfield-Wolf Partners With Fatima Family Center For Summer Of Discovery
“Today I will be reciting my poem, ‘The Mind of a White Cop,’” said James LeVan, 16, as he introduced…
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“What I’ve Left Unsaid”: NPR’s Michel Martin On Balancing Career And Family As A Woman Of Color
Two months ago, NPR announced the cancellation of “Tell Me More,” the daily news show hosted by veteran journalist Michel…
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Why I Pushed My Children To Attend An HBCU
by Marilyn Williams Pringle I never wanted my three children to be sent into in an environment where they would…
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Derek Walcott Documentary, “Poetry Is An Island,” To Premiere At Karamu House
“Poetry Is An Island,” the new film directed by Dutch filmmaker Ida Does, presents poet and playwright Derek Walcott in…