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NewsBright, Poised Cleveland Third-Grader Dazzles Anisfield-Wolf Crowd With Powerful Poem
Isabella Rodriguez, a third-grader from Cleveland’s Walls Elementary School, joined us on Thursday during the Anisfield-Wolf ceremony to recite for…
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NewsVIDEO: Junot Diaz On His Book, “This Is How You Lose Her”
2008 winner Junot Diaz has his fans on the edge of their seats as they wait for his latest book,…
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NewsRead The First Two Chapters Of Zadie Smith’s Latest Novel, NW, Before It Hits Stores
Penguin Press, Zadie Smith’s publisher, is offering readers a sneak peek at her latest novel over on its Facebook page….
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NewsVIDEO: What’s Up With Our Nation’s Obsession With President Lincoln?
2003 winner Stephen L. Carter grants an interview with Glenn Reynolds, of InstaVision to talk about his latest book, The…
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5 Things You Don’t Know About The Anisfield-Wolf Ceremony
Each year we recognize several authors for their contributions to the ongoing conversation about race and diversity in the world….
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NewsVIDEO: Attending An All-White School
We live in a world that is dominated by the impact of race, class and diversity, but conversations about those…
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NewsVIDEO: Is Our Society Less Violent Than Any Other Time In History?
The events of the past few months have really been hard on the nation’s psyche. An uptick in mass murders…
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NewsVIDEO: Who Was The Most Important African American Leader Of The 19th Century?
Some of the world’s greatest historians—David W. Blight, Henry Louis Gates, Taylor Branch, etc.—are also Anisfield-Wolf award winners. They know…
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NewsUpcoming Events For Our 2012 Winners
We are roughly a month away from the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf ceremony and is customary, we are alerting fans to several…
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NewsFor Writers, Is What You Do Art Or Commerce?
When it comes to the writer’s life, sometimes you have to wonder how much the audience’s expectations play in to…
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Isabel Wilkerson On The Great Migration
During a stop to the Tavis Smiley show on PBS, Isabel Wilkerson described her desire to capture stories of the…
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NewsYoung Poet Recites Toi Derricotte’s Poetry
We thoroughly enjoy when younger audiences immerse themselves in the work of poets who have come before them. A young…
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NewsWe Would Pay Top Dollar Just To Hear Toni Morrison Speak
Anytime – and we do mean anytime – there is a new Toni Morrison interview or book or appearance, we…
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NewsOne Quote Explains Why We Love Zadie Smith
The press keeps coming for Zadie Smith, as her latest book, NW, will be hitting bookshelves in September. An excerpt…
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NewsAdrian Nicole LeBlanc: “Stories Are Everywhere”
…If you know where to look. We enjoy getting writing advice from our winners because they’re so impossibly good at…
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NewsHave You Been Butchering Your Favorite Author’s Name?
We’re sticklers for learning how to pronounce all of our winners’ names. We don’t pat ourselves on the back for…
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AuthorArnold Rampersad
Growing up as a schoolboy in Trinidad, I received an education in literature that some people might dismiss as ‘colonial.’ It nevertheless served me well in dealing with the complexities of American biography.
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NewsHuffington Post Reveals 50 Books Every African American Should Read – How Many AW Winners Made The List?
Huffington Post’s Black Voices rounded up 50 books the editors think every African American should read (they added on Twitter…
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NewsZadie Smith On Balancing Motherhood And A Writing Career
Anne-Marie Slaughter’s “Why Women Can’t Have It All” article has re-ignited the conversation about working mothers and their quest to…