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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Marks 90 Years of Truth-Telling Through Literature with a Citywide Celebration, Free and Open to the Public
July 31, 2025
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA), the only national juried prize for literature that addresses racism and diversity, proudly marks its…
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2025 Cleveland Book Fest
July 16, 2025
Cleveland Book Week has been transformed into Cleveland Book Fest, a month-long showcase of literary excellence in Northeast Ohio. This…
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Save the Date for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 90th Anniversary Weekend
June 16, 2025
Mark your calendars for a distinguished weekend of literature and camaraderie in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf…
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2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winners Announced, Celebrating 90 Years of Literary Excellence
April 10, 2025
CLEVELAND — Four groundbreaking works have been named winners of the 2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the nation’s only endowed juried…
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Cleveland Foundation Celebrates 90 Years of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards with 2025 Finalists
March 10, 2025
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation announced 10 finalists for the 2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA), marking 90 years of honoring…
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Cleveland Book Week Kicks Off, Anchored by Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Author Symposium on Sept. 28
September 17, 2024
CLEVELAND – Cleveland Book Week is underway, with a full schedule of far-ranging programs that are nearly all free to…
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announce Updates for 2025 Award Year
September 11, 2024
Book prize welcomes new jurors and new category; sets October 16 deadline for submissions Cleveland, OH – The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards…
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Introducing the Class of 2024
March 26, 2024
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, presented by the Cleveland Foundation, today announced the winners of the 89th annual awards. The 2024…
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New Director, Jurors Announced for Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
February 8, 2024
Nicholas Roman Lewis has joined the Cleveland Foundation as the Director of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Lewis, who has served…
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Cleveland Book Week 2023: From Cover to Cover
October 16, 2023
The eighth annual Cleveland Book Week brought five literary powerhouses — poet Saeed Jones, historian Matthew F. Delmont, novelists Geraldine Brooks and Lan Samantha Chang and…
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REVIEW: Colson Whitehead’s Pen Sizzles With “Crook Manifesto”
September 15, 2023
by Charles Ellenbogen Ray Carney has a problem any parent will recognize. The protagonist of “Crook Manifesto” – the second…
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Introducing Our Class of 2023
April 3, 2023
The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of its 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2023 recipients of the only…
