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Poet Jericho Brown To Announce 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winners In April
February 8, 2019
Jericho Brown will announce the new class of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners in Cleveland April 4. The charismatic and much-lauded…
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Claudia Rankine On Dismantling Racism And Prepping Cleveland’s Youth For Their Future
January 28, 2019
Poet Claudia Rankine, born 56 years ago in Jamaica, returned to the city of her first college teaching post to…
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“A World Built On Bondage”: Anisfield-Wolf Authors To Close 2019 Virginia Festival Of The Book
January 22, 2019
For the second consecutive year, Anisfield-Wolf award-winning authors will close the Virginia Festival of the Book. On March 24, two…
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Author Claudia Rankine Brings “Citizen” To Cleveland January 23
January 14, 2019
Claudia Rankine and her “slender, musical book that arrives like a thunderclap” are coming to Cleveland, the first major literary event…
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N. Scott Momaday Named 2019 Recipient of the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
January 10, 2019
N. Scott Momaday, a captivating storyteller long considered “the dean of Native American letters,” is the new recipient of the…
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10 Gems From 2018 That Deserve A Spot On Your 2019 Reading List
January 4, 2019
As we bid adieu to 2018, allow us to shine a last, lingering reading light on ten highlights: the year’s…
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Hear From Anisfield-Wolf Fellow Leila Chatti At Her Shaker Heights Poetry Reading
December 7, 2018
Mark your calendars for a newcomer to Cleveland’s poetry scene — poet Leila Chatti will be at Loganberry Books December…
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“Sing Unburied Sing” Gets Its Own Mural In Cleveland
November 27, 2018
Look closely at the multicolored mural in the old Irishtown Bend in Cleveland and you’ll spot a small teal “JW”…
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Jesmyn Ward On The Politics Of Being A Southern Writer
November 20, 2018
When Jesmyn Ward took the stage with Ayana Mathis, each novelist glanced around the warm, lush Maltz Performing Arts Center…
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New Anisfield-Wolf Inspired Public Art Comes To The RTA Red Line
October 24, 2018
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders can now enjoy an even closer view of world-class art inspired by the…
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Laird Hunt’s Latest Novel Is A Stunning Mystery, Setting Readers Up For A Harrowing Ride
October 15, 2018
The new novel from Laird Hunt, “In the House in the Dark of the Woods,” has the feel of a…
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Get A Taste Of Toi Derricotte’s New Poetry Collection, “I”
October 8, 2018
Poet Toi Derricotte, whose 1998 prose publication “The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey” remains a pillar of American literature, has…