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VIDEO: Orlando Patterson On Winning The 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award
September 29, 2016
“America is indelibly black-ish,” sociologist Orlando Patterson asserted to the audience at Playhouse Square during this year’s awards ceremony. “Trying…
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VIDEO: Rowan Ricardo Phillips On Winning The 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award For Poetry
September 28, 2016
Cleveland welcomed poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips to town by giving him a good sense of our hometown pride. Visiting only…
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VIDEO: Brian Seibert On Winning The 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award For Nonfiction
Brian Seibert, the New York Times dance critic and 2016 nonfiction winner for his book, What the Eye Hears: A…
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VIDEO: Lillian Faderman On Winning The 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award For Nonfiction
From the Playhouse Square stage, Lillian Faderman began her acceptance of this year’s nonfiction award with a story of how…
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“Very Heartfelt And Intellectual”: College Students Reflect On Lillian Faderman
September 27, 2016
When Lillian Faderman spoke at the City Club of Cleveland this September, she ably distilled her ample Anisfield-Wolf winning history,…
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Inside Cleveland Book Week 2016
September 23, 2016
Last week we celebrated the inaugural Cleveland Book Week (CBW), a series of special events to celebrate Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners past and…
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EDWINS Leadership And Restaurant Institute Named Recipient Of 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award
September 12, 2016
There is a quote on the back of each menu at EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute: “At Edwins, we believe…
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Introducing Cleveland Book Week, September 10-16
September 1, 2016
Welcome to the inaugural Cleveland Book Week, September 10-16, designed to make our region a literary destination. At the center…
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REVIEW: “Another Brooklyn” By Jacqueline Woodson
August 9, 2016
Do you remember being fifteen? Let Another Brooklyn, Jacqueline Woodson’s first adult novel in 20 years, jog your memory. In…
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REVIEW: “The Underground Railroad” By Colson Whitehead
August 8, 2016
by Charles Ellenbogen With all of the recent discussion about the changing faces on U.S. currency, some controversy emerged over…
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REVIEW: “The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race”
August 2, 2016
There are 108 tally marks on the cover of The Fire This Time, the new essay collection that brings forth…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates + Roxane Gay Enter the Writers’ Room, But Comics Still Need a Jolt of Diversity
July 25, 2016
by Valentino L. Zullo, Teaching Fellow, Kent State University and Ohio Center for the Book Scholar-in-Residence at Cleveland Public Library The…
