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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…
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“Rise and Rebuild” Documentary Puts Spotlight On Fight for Black Wealth
March 17, 2023
Filmmakers Leslia Asako Gladsjo and Sam Pollard wanted to make a documentary about the Tulsa Massacre, the two days in…
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Poet Adrian Matejka to Announce 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Award Winners
March 7, 2023
Join us Monday, April 3 as award-winning poet Adrian Matejka announces the new class of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners. Matejka won…
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7 Titles From AW-Winning Authors You’ll Want On Your TBR List
January 24, 2023
Looking for some new titles to pick up? Check out some recent releases from Anisfield-Wolf award winners – you already…
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Watch the 2022 Anisfield-Wolf Awards Documentary
November 7, 2022
For the third year, our literary celebrations continue with a one-hour awards documentary featuring our 2022 winners: Percival Everett (fiction), Donika Kelly (poetry), George Makari (nonfiction), Tiya…
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7th Annual Cleveland Book Week, Cover to Cover
October 6, 2022
Book lovers gathered in person for the first time since 2019 to celebrate Cleveland Book Week this fall, with a…
