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REVIEW: Joshua Bennett’s “The Sobbing School” Is A Lesson In The Blues
April 28, 2017
Watching Joshua Bennett perform his poetry is something like watching a Baptist preacher deliver a Sunday sermon. Once on stage,…
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REVIEW: Karan Mahajan’s “The Association of Small Bombs”
March 31, 2017
by Charles Ellenbogen This Anisfield-Wolf award winner is absolutely stunning. From its riveting opening pages until the truth of its…
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Introducing Our Class Of 2017
March 23, 2017
The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of its 82nd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2017 recipients of the only…
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Louise Erdrich Wins Big At National Book Critics Circle Awards, Urges Writers To “Be Fierce And Dangerous About The Truth”
March 20, 2017
Poet and novelist Louise Erdrich, wiping tears from her eyes, accepted the National Book Critics Circle Award Thursday night for…
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REVIEW: Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West” Blazes Fresh Ground In Hot Political Climate
March 12, 2017
The blazing new novel from Mohsin Hamid opens with this sentence: “In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly…
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New Documentary “The Revival” Gives Queer Black Women The Mic
March 9, 2017
If self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde were alive today, you might find her celebrating with the women…
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“Thirty Million Words” Initiative Empowers Parents To Use Everyday Conversation As A Tool To Build Strong Brains
March 5, 2017
The Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges famously said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”…
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Coretta Scott King’s Posthumous Memoir Details The Woman Beyond The King Name
February 27, 2017
Coretta Scott King begins her posthumous new memoir with a terrific metaphor: “Most people know me as Mrs. King. The…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors Protest “Muslim Ban” In An Open Letter To President Trump
February 21, 2017
Sixty-six writers and artists – including seven Anisfield-Wolf recipients and two jury members – wrote an open letter to President…
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Novelist Laird Hunt On The Women Who Influenced His Midwestern Storytelling
February 20, 2017
Laird Hunt, Wikipedia will tell you, “is an American writer, translator and academic.” True, as far as that goes. But…
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Author Margot Lee Shetterly Shares “Hidden Figures” Origin Story At Case Western Reserve University
February 8, 2017
Seven years ago, Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly discovered a great untold story in her own hometown. Shetterly, 47, grew up in…
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REVIEW: Laird Hunt’s “The Evening Road”
February 7, 2017
The Evening Road returns Laird Hunt to Indiana, where the Anisfield-Wolf winner lived on his grandmother’s farm during his high…
