Writer’s Workshop
The Anisfield-Wolf prize provides an opportunity to connect winning authors with Cleveland-area youth. Gatherings presented in cooperation with the Cleveland Public Library and the Cleveland Municipal School District offer young people the chance to gain appreciation of the writing process by meeting and talking with authors from a wide variety of disciplines. By interacting with winning authors, children get a chance to learn “the story behind the story.”
Lucille Clifton, 2001 Lifetime Achievement honoree, captivates students from the Cleveland School for the Performing Arts
with her presentation of her poem These Hips.
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Case Western Reserve University
In 2005, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and the Cleveland Foundation formed a partnership with The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and SAGES (Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship) at Case Western Reserve University to host the annual Anisfield-Wolf Lecture. This annual lecture exposes students to innovative writers whose work addresses issues of race and human diversity. The Anisfield-Wolf/SAGES lecture aims to spark interest in the humanities and arts on campus.
The inaugural 2005 lecture, conducted by Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr., attracted more than 1,000 guests, who also enjoyed a question-and-answer session with Gates. Subsequent lectures were presented by Anisfield-Wolf juror and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, 2004 award recipient Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, 2007 Lifetime Achievement honoree Taylor Branch and 1997 recipient Jamaica Kincaid.
For more information, visit www.bakernord.org.