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VIDEO: Rowan Ricardo Phillips On Winning The 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award For Poetry
Cleveland welcomed poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips to town by giving him a good sense of our hometown pride. Visiting only…
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VIDEO: Brian Seibert On Winning The 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award For Nonfiction
Brian Seibert, the New York Times dance critic and 2016 nonfiction winner for his book, What the Eye Hears: A…
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VIDEO: Lillian Faderman On Winning The 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award For Nonfiction
From the Playhouse Square stage, Lillian Faderman began her acceptance of this year’s nonfiction award with a story of how…
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“Very Heartfelt And Intellectual”: College Students Reflect On Lillian Faderman
When Lillian Faderman spoke at the City Club of Cleveland this September, she ably distilled her ample Anisfield-Wolf winning history,…
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Inside Cleveland Book Week 2016
Last week we celebrated the inaugural Cleveland Book Week (CBW), a series of special events to celebrate Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners past and…
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2016 Awards Ceremony – Full Length
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2016 Awards Program
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EDWINS Leadership And Restaurant Institute Named Recipient Of 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award
There is a quote on the back of each menu at EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute: “At Edwins, we believe…
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Introducing Cleveland Book Week, September 10-16
Welcome to the inaugural Cleveland Book Week, September 10-16, designed to make our region a literary destination. At the center…
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REVIEW: “Another Brooklyn” By Jacqueline Woodson
Do you remember being fifteen? Let Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson’s first adult novel in 20 years, jog your memory. In…
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REVIEW: “The Underground Railroad” By Colson Whitehead
by Charles Ellenbogen With all of the recent discussion about the changing faces on U.S. currency, some controversy emerged over…
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REVIEW: “The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race”
There are 108 tally marks on the cover of The Fire This Time, the new essay collection that brings forth…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates + Roxane Gay Enter the Writers’ Room, But Comics Still Need a Jolt of Diversity
by Valentino L. Zullo, Teaching Fellow, Kent State University and Ohio Center for the Book Scholar-in-Residence at Cleveland Public Library The…
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Join Us For “An Evening With Rita Dove And Friends” On September 14
Rita Dove is coming home. The former poet laureate and Akron native will return to the region that raised her…
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Public Art Inspired By Anisfield-Wolf Canon Makes A Splash Across Cleveland
Riders heading to downtown Cleveland on the RTA’s Red Line may have noticed quite a few more pops of color adorning…
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Meet Our 2016 Winners This Fall In Northeast Ohio
Following in our tradition, each of our winners will speak at the awards ceremony, and each will talk and read…
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An Overlooked Classic, “Nervous Conditions” Is A Book That Deserves A Second Life In The Mainstream
by Gail Arnoff “I was not sorry when my brother died.” So begins Tsi Tsi Dangarembga’s semi-autobiographical novel Nervous Conditions,…
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“I’m Not Racist” Documentary Features Millennial Views On Privilege, Power And Identity
In one compelling segment from the 2014 documentary, “I’m Not Racist…Am I?” high school students huddle around a board game…