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Curl Up With These National Book Critics Circle Winners In Celebration Of Spring
March 21, 2016
Readers wondering what to pick up this spring can crack any of the six books just awarded the National Book…
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Interview With Director Matthew Hashiguchi On His New Film, “Good Luck Soup”
March 14, 2016
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is sponsoring “Good Luck Soup” at this year’s Cleveland International Film Festival. The two screenings are…
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REVIEW: “The Turner House” Captures Detroit With All Its Grit And Glory
March 11, 2016
Spread over the opening pages of Angela Flournoy’s “The Turner House” is a family tree, its branches enumerating the 61…
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“Good Luck Soup” Premieres At The Cleveland International Film Festival
March 9, 2016
Join us for the world premiere of “Good Luck Soup,” a 72-minute documentary on the experiences of Cleveland’s Hashiguchi family…
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Southern Storyteller Pat Conroy Laid To Rest In His Beloved South Carolina Town
March 8, 2016
Pat Conroy, the Southern novelist and storyteller, was buried from St. Peter Catholic Church in Beaufort, S.C., surrounded by almost…
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Activism In Your Own Backyard: How To Spark Change Where You Live
March 2, 2016
Of the five prompts for the 2016 Martin Luther King essay contest, Case Western Reserve University senior Shadi Admadmehrabi selected…
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“Black-ish” Deftly Mixes Hope and Reality in Police Brutality Episode
February 25, 2016
In its second season, ABC’s “Black-ish” has hit its stride. Now comes the best evidence of its ability to create…
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Media Critic Eric Deggans Talks #OscarsSoWhite, Beyonce And Political Correctness
February 24, 2016
What to do when Fox News host Bill O’Reilly calls you out on his show, labeling you a “race-baiter”? If…
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Professor Michelle Martin Offers “African American Children’s Literature as a Genre of Resistance”
February 23, 2016
Almost a year before Matt de la Pena won the latest Newbery Medal—the highest honor in children’s literature—he told National…
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[Must Read] Jericho Brown On Langston Hughes’ Poem “Suicide’s Note”
February 2, 2016
When Jericho Brown won his Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, he spoke of his awe of Langston Hughes, calling his discovery of…
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REVIEW: Alison Kinney’s “Hood” Offers Lesson On The Garment That Made Headlines
January 25, 2016
In March 2012, U.S. Representative Bobby Rush stood on the House floor dressed in a gray hooded sweatshirt, one month…
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[VIDEO] Marlon James: We All Have A Stake In Ending Racism
January 20, 2016
Marlon James begins his 2-minute video on racism with the following question: “Are you ‘non’ or are you ‘anti’?” Published…
