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    On Beauty

    Zadie Smith

    Zadie Smith was born in northwest London and continues to live in the area. Her first novel, White Teeth, was published in 2000 and won the Guardian First Book Award,…

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    The New World of Negro Americans

    Harold R. Isaacs

    …a first-rate, fascinating book, which has the materials for a full comprehension of the Negro American Revolution in the United States. Based upon a wide and deep knowledge of Negro…

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    The Fortunes

    Peter Ho Davies

    …the mind of Ah Ling, who has come from Hong Kong to work his way up from Sacramento laundry labor to valet for an American railroad baron. The second section…

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    The United States Governed By Six Hundred Thousand Despots: A True Story of Slavery

    Jonathan D. S. Schroeder

    …the other in tyranny. (From the publisher) Juror Citation The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots is a stunning achievement of autobiographical writing, political commentary, historical sleuthing, and critical…

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    Whose Votes Count?

    Abigail M. Thernstrom

    …from gerrymandering to increase black office holding–these stories are all part of Thernstrom’s well-told tale. Abigail Thernstrom is the vice-chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and an adjunct…

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    Out of Place

    Edward W. Said

    …of Comparative Literature in 1974. He subsequently taught at Stanford and Princeton, and in 1979 became Visiting Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins. He was a University Professor of English…

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    A Tribute to Russell Atkins

    February 27, 2022, 2:30 pm

    Cave Canem and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards invite you to celebrate Black History Month by joining in “A Tribute to Russell Atkins.” Poet, playwright and composer, Atkins’ work has had…

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    Children of Crisis

    Robert Coles

    …intrigued by her compassion for her racial tormentors during the forced integration of her school. Coles subsequently threw himself intellectually and emotionally into anti-poverty and desegregation efforts. Since the sixties,…

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    The Autobiography of My Mother

    Jamaica Kincaid

    Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Potter Richardson, and as a child was greatly influenced by her mother, Annie Richards. At sixteen years of age, after successfully completing a British education…

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    The Color of Water

    James McBride

    Recipient of the Anisfield-Wolf Award in 1997 for his memoir, The Color of Water, James McBride is a jazz musician as well as a writer, and the jazz tradition of…

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    The Arrogance of Faith

    Forrest G. Wood

    …to every being on the planet. Only then would the prophecies be fulfilled so that Christ could make His Second Coming. “Herein lay the fundamental component of the Christian’s racism,”…

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    The Leo Frank Case

    Leonard Dinnerstein

    …and tumultuous that they prompted both the founding of B’nai B’rith’s Anti-Defamation League and the revival of the Ku Klux Klan. The Leo Frank Case was the first comprehensive account…

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    The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright

    Michel Fabre

    Widely acclaimed for its comprehensive and sensitive portrait of one of America’s most renowned writers, The Unfinished Quest of Richard Wright presents a profound and thorough interpretation of Wright’s work….

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    The American Indian Today

    Stuart Levine

    Stuart Levine was educated at Harvard (AB) and Brown (MA, PhD), and has been a professional concert musician, network music commentator, scholarly author and editor, journal editor, lecturer and teacher….

  • Portrait of Albert L. Murray
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    Albert L. Murray

    …Like his friend and Tuskegee classmate, Ralph Ellison, Murray is interested in the cultural complexity of America, especially for African Americans. He strongly contends that African culture permeates American life….

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    Maasai

    Carol Beckwith

    This book has beautiful photography, and beautiful text by a man who is of the Maasai Tribe. Tepilit Ole Saitoti’s commentary and insight into his people really make the photographs…

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    Custer Died for Your Sins

    Vine Deloria Jr.

    …writer. Deloria advocates the ethnic pride fostered by tribalism, which is a covenantal relationship between people, land, and religion that makes each community robust and distinctive. Deloria promotes the quasi-independence…

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    Cuyahoga County Public Library: Author Richard Kopley 

    September 24 – September 24, 2026

    …  Edgar Allan Poe: A Life is the most comprehensive critical biography of Poe yet produced, exploring his fascinating life, his extraordinary work, and the vital relationship between the two….

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    Spring Discussion Series – Paula

    April 16, 2025, 4:00 pm

    …2025 series will focus on memoirs by three Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners: Natasha Trethewey, Isabel Allende, and John Edgar Wideman. Hosted by Dr. Valentino Zullo, Anisfield-Wolf Postdoctoral Fellow in English…

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    Wade in the Water

    Tracy K. Smith

    …to Cave Canem for its annual prize, Young selected it without knowing who wrote it. “It was exciting to come across this book that had such quiet certainty,” Young told…