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Author Angie Thomas Shares Inspiration For “The Hate U Give” With Cleveland Public Library
February 20, 2018
In December, a suburban Houston school district yanked copies of the young-adult novel “The Hate U Give” from all 25…
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Poet Elizabeth Alexander Becomes New President Of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
February 7, 2018
Anisfield-Wolf poet Elizabeth Alexander will be the next president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, becoming the first woman to…
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Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Breaks Down The Dangers Of Educational Segregation During CWRU Convocation
February 5, 2018
Nikole Hannah-Jones has no interest in frittering anyone’s time. “You would never hear me use the word ‘diversity’ except to…
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REVIEW: “When They Call You A Terrorist” Takes Readers Inside The Black Lives Matter Movement
January 17, 2018
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, is no stranger to resistance. Her searing new memoir, “When…
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The New York Times And PBS NewsHour Team Up For A New Book Club
January 4, 2018
Jesmyn Ward, whose fiction is drawing comparisons to William Faulkner’s, received a new honor this week: her 2017 novel, “Sing,…
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New Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship Addresses Diversity In Publishing
December 15, 2017
In a nationally unique innovation, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards has partnered with the Cleveland State University Poetry Center to create…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors To Close 2018 Virginia Book Festival With Panel On Racism And Reflections On Charlottesville
December 5, 2017
Coming off a successful year of literary prizes, three of the 2017 recipients of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will reconvene…
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READ: Marilyn Chin’s New Poem, “Love Story”
November 21, 2017
Marilyn Chin is a frank and feminist poet who continues to enlarge the Anisfield-Wolf canon. Like Peter Ho Davies, she…
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LISTEN: Karan Mahajan Interviewed On Professional Book Nerds Podcast
November 20, 2017
At the tail end of Cleveland Book Week, Adam Sockel and Jill Grunenwald, hosts of the “Professional Book Nerds” podcast,…
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WATCH: Poets From Twelve Literary & Performative Arts Bring Anisfield-Wolf To Public Transit
November 8, 2017
One idea to make the morning commute more bearable for Clevelanders? Add a bit of poetry. That theory was tested…
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Latest Inter|Urban Mural Celebrates Tyehimba Jess’ “Olio”
November 3, 2017
Tyehimba Jess is a strikingly architectural poet. It makes sense that his 14-line poem, “Blind Tom Plays for Confederate Troops,…
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Andrew Solomon’s “Far From The Tree” Finds A New Life On The Big Screen
October 31, 2017
Four years after Andrew Solomon took home the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf nonfiction prize for “Far from the Tree,” his work is…
