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NewsRita Dove On “Trayvon, Redux,” Her Poem Posted On The Root Three Days After The Verdict
by Rita Dove On Trayvon Martin, today I find myself at a loss for words — or rather, I used…
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NewsFinally! “Half Of A Yellow Sun” Trailer Hits The Web
After months of little publicity, the official trailer for “Half Of A Yellow Sun” has been released, weeks ahead of…
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NewsIf Violence Is Contagious, Then What Is The Cure?
Contrary to its pop culture rep as a hipster haven, Brooklyn has the unpleasant distinction of being the bloodiest of…
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NewsSurge Of International Students Shifts Landscape Of American Colleges
This August 14, the graduate program at Case Western Reserve University for a Masters of Finance will welcome 60 new…
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News“Staring In The Mirror”: Prejudice, Biases and Fighting Human Nature
by Sally Wiener Grotta A recent Anisfield-Wolf blog post asked, “What Biases Are You Carrying?” In the blog, Attorney Louise…
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Test Yourself: What Biases Are You Carrying?
Lawyer Louise P. Dempsey punctuated her recent lunch-hour talk by passing out sheets of paper with a single riddle: “A…
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NewsWhat HBCUs Need To Survive
by Chris Stevens As a proud product of a Historically Black University (Delaware State, Class of 2007), I’ve watched with…
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NewsREVIEW: Sonia Sotomayor Bares Her Soul In “My Beloved World”
One of my close friends, Shanelle Smith, shoved a thick book in my hands as we met for lunch. “You…
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NewsSpanish-Language Books Finding A Tough Road To Bookshelves
On July 2, Atria Books will publish eight versions of a new autobiography, “Unbreakable: My Story, My Way,” by Jenni…
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NewsNatasha Trethewey’s Bringing Poetry To The Masses
A 2009 National Endowment for the Arts study found that only 8 percent of adults read any poetry in the…
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NewsCongressman John Lewis Publishes Graphic Novel Of Civil Rights Movement
“Some of you may be asking: ‘Hey, John Lewis, why are you trying to write a comic book?’” said the…
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NewsLorraine Hansberry Biopic In Development
Films on Princess Diana, Steve Jobs, and Jimi Hendrix should make 2013 a rich year for biopics. An intriguing new…
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NewsREVIEW: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Soars With “Americanah”
Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Knopf, 477 pp., $26.95 Hair asserts itself on the first page of “Americanah,” a knowing, prickly…
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News“Nollywood” Brings Adaptation of Adichie’s “Half of a Yellow Sun”
If you can’t find the art you want, make it yourself. That was famously the mindset of Jay-Z, when the…
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NewsRare Slave Cabin To Become Crown Jewel Of New African American History Museum
Where can one find Nat Turner’s Bible, Emmet Till’s coffin and Harriet Tubman’s shawl? Answer: the Smithsonian National Museum of…
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News“Geography Of Hate” Map Shows Where Most Hateful Tweeters Lurk
Students at Humboldt State University in northern California analyzed more than 11 months of Twitter data to locate the biggest…
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NewsNew PBS Series Spans 500 Years Of African-American History
Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Henry Louise Gates Jr. has been busy the past few months, filming episodes of his new PBS…
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NewsEasy Rawlins Returns In Walter Mosley’s Latest Thriller
Anisfield-Wolf winner Walter Mosley gave his readers a true cliff hanger in his last Easy Rawlins book, 2007’s Blonde Faith….
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NewsVIDEO: Watch Andrew Solomon’s TEDMED Talk On Illness Versus Identity
Under the slogan “ideas worth spreading,” the annual TED conferences began in 1990, and have showcased a clutch of Anisfield-Wolf…
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NewsMeet Eugene Gloria, 2013 Winner For Poetry
Eugene Gloria’s 2012 poetry collection, My Favorite Warlord, won this year’s Anisfield-Wolf prize for poetry. Born in Manila, Phillippines, Gloria uses My Favorite Warlord’s 35…