In this TED talk, Chimamanda Adichie discusses the danger of the single story—that is, how powerful individual stories about a country can warp our minds as to what life in those places is really like. Check out her story and let us know: How has literature impacted the way you see the world?
Anisfield-Wolf Authors Protest “Muslim Ban” In An Open Letter To President Trump
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Sixty-six writers and artists – including seven Anisfield-Wolf recipients and two jury members – wrote an open letter to President…
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Each time poet and Akron native Rita Dove speaks in Northeast Ohio, she begins with an acknowledgement of home. Her…