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NewsThe Beauty Of “Life Itself,” The Roger Ebert Documentary Brimming With Soul
“Life Itself” first appeared in 2011 as a rich memoir by Roger Ebert. Now, thanks to “Hoop Dreams” director Steve…
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NewsWole Soyinka At 80: The Author Speaks On Politics, Contemporary Nigerian Culture, And Boko Haram
The magisterial Wole Soyinka turned 80 this week, and—once again—the world is listening. In London, the Royal African Society hosted…
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NewsREVIEW: For The Benefit Of Those Who See: Dispatches From The World Of The Blind
In 2005, O, The Oprah Magazine assigned Rosemary Mahoney to profile Sabriye Tenberken, a German social worker who founded Braille Without…
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NewsCan Reading For Fun Go Viral?
A quiet crisis in literacy has hold of Cleveland, Ohio. A staggering 80 percent of incoming kindergartners are unprepared for…
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NewsReview: Cristina Henriquez’ “The Book of Unknown Americans”
One word captures what motivates immigrants to venture to a new country: Better. Indeed, “better” is the catch-all for the…
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NewsDiscrimination In The Heights: The Uphill Battle Of African-American, Jewish Families In Early 20th Century
Where we live is bedrock to our identities. For half of the 20th century, racial covenants embedded in the property deeds…
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NewsWhat Has The Obama Administration Done For Women of Color?
Not enough, says a group of concerned women and girls, who have signed a letter to the president, calling for…
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NewsWhen Maya Met Toni: The 40-Year-Friendship Between Two Literary Giants
Anisfield-Wolf winner Toni Morrison found herself on stage at the Hay Festival in Wales May 28, the same day her…
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NewsFinal Fundraising Push For First Full-Length Lorraine Hansberry Documentary
The world almost lost Lorraine Hansberry’s most famous work, A Raisin in the Sun, before it ripened. In a moment of frustration,…
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NewsREVIEW: “On Such A Full Sea” By Chang-Rae Lee
Fourteen years after he won an Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for his haunting second novel, “A Gesture Life,” Chang-Rae Lee delivers…
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NewsInspiration On The Page: Norman A. Sugarman Award Honors Outstanding Children’s Literature
A standard picture book contains 36 unnumbered pages. “Monsieur Marceau” follows the pattern, but manages a wondrous, supple depiction of…
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NewsVIDEO: Walter Mosley Explains His Writing Regimen, Career Struggles, And Why “There No Such Thing As White People”
Writer and radio host Michael Eric Dyson posed a simple question to Walter Mosley midway through their Schomburg Center for…
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NewsHenry Louis Gates Jr. Talks Education, Fundraising And Career Highlights At African-American Philanthropy Summit
Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. spent a sunny April Saturday in Cleveland speaking frankly about money and race and aspiration….
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NewsREVIEW: “The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky and Death” By Colson Whitehead
Colson Whitehead will be 45 this year, and his latest book invites readers along on a midlife road trip, “The…
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NewsAs Search For Nigeria School Girls Continues, Wole Soyinka’s Urging To Fight For Education Remains Poignant
Last September, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka spoke passionately about the global “contest between barbarism and enlightenment” around educating children. His…
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NewsWill British Period Piece “Belle” Resonate With Moviegoers?
When screenwriter Misan Sagay visited the storied Scone Palace in Scotland, an 18th century painting of a pair of aristocratic…
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NewsNew Poetry Anthology Moves Grown Men To Tears — And That Is Precisely The Point
Anthologies are tricky – and a new one called “Poems That Make Grown Men Cry” might seem like a gimmick….
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News“Half Of A Yellow Sun” Nigerian Release Delayed By Censors
Two weeks after Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chiwetel Ejiofor walked the red carpet at the Lagos premiere of “Half Of…
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News“The Best Book Describing the South” That Most Have Never Read
When Theodore Rosengarten won the National Book Award in 1975 for “All God’s Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw,” he…
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NewsDo You Have Your Ticket To The African-American Philanthropy Summit? #GivingHasNoColor
Twenty years ago, Charlotte-based consultant Valaida Fullwood encountered philanthropy close to home. Her 70-year-old aunt, Dora Atlas, right around the…