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In Jacqueline Woodson’s World, The Hard Conversations Come Easy
January 20, 2017
Karen R. Long contributed to the reporting. Every evening in her four-story Brooklyn townhouse, author Jacqueline Woodson and her partner…
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A Literary President: Obama Reflects On The Books That Gave Him Stamina And Resolve
January 16, 2017
Late at night and through eight grueling years, literature helped sustain the outgoing president of the United States. In a…
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“Hidden Figures” Is Getting A Lot Of Hollywood Buzz, But Don’t Forget About The Book
January 9, 2017
Type “scientist” into Google and what images do you find? As author Margot Lee Shetterly would describe it, the results are…
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“Racism Does Not Die Easily”: Reflections On Parallels Between The Japanese And Muslim Experience In America
January 5, 2017
by Matthew Hashiguchi, documentary filmmaker Over the past year, I’ve been asked many times about the correlation between Japanese Americans…
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Let These Books — From Poetry To The Political — Kick Off Your 2017 Reading List
January 3, 2017
How does one structure a year in reading? The New York Times published the answers of 47 writers and artists…
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Winners Of 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Bring Courage To Literature
December 20, 2016
Marilynne Robinson – she of the incandescent, Pulitzer-winning prose – wasn’t thinking about her celebrated fiction last month, even though…
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Tavis Smiley Brings “Courting Justice” To Cleveland
December 12, 2016
Cross the American criminal justice system, and – if you are unlucky — prepare for crushing debt. Here are…
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Historian Michael Twitty Sets “A Place At The Table,” Serves Up A Hearty Helping Of Culinary Justice
December 8, 2016
“Call soul food what it is: the edible scripture of the Black aesthetic, the culinary answer to jazz, memory food…
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“This Is Unreal”: Rep. John Lewis’ Acceptance Speech At 2016 National Book Awards
November 29, 2016
A visibly emotional John Lewis took to the podium at the 2016 National Book Awards to accept this year’s prize for…
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REVIEW: “Delicious Foods” Makes For A Very Satisfying Literary Meal
by Charles Ellenbogen Eddie has just escaped from the farm; Eddie also has no hands. Those are among the first…
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Watch Henry Louis Gates’ New Series, “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise”
November 14, 2016
What if Martin Luther King Jr woke up and asked, “What happened since I’ve been gone?” The answer is the…
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“An Evening With Rita Dove & Friends” Captures 30 Years Of The Poet’s Greatest Verses
November 8, 2016
Each time poet and Akron native Rita Dove speaks in Northeast Ohio, she begins with an acknowledgement of home. Her…
