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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…
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Cleveland Book Week Highlights: N. Scott Momaday Speaks At City Club Of Cleveland
October 4, 2018
N. Scott Momaday began with horses and ended with bears. He spoke of the sacredness of both. At 84, the…
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Starting Cleveland Book Week With A Look At How Literacy Changes Lives
September 22, 2018
Margo Hudson, a Clevelander who won the National Learner Award in Dallas two years ago, reflected recently on how “literacy…
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When A Haircut’s Not Just A Haircut: Uplifting Black Boys In The Pages Of “Crown”
September 5, 2018
The first few pages of Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut look like a coronation. The 2017 children’s book…
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Walter Mosley Tackles the Elusiveness of History in His New Novel, “John Woman”
September 4, 2018
“John Woman,” the newest novel from prolific and philosophical Walter Mosley, arrives today telling the story of a fugitive genius….
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Get Ready For Cleveland Book Week 2018, Running September 22-29
August 17, 2018
The third annual Cleveland Book Week runs this year from Sept. 21-29, and will celebrate present and past Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards…
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Andrew Solomon On The Film Adaptation of “Far From The Tree”:
July 19, 2018
Days ahead of the theatrical debut of the documentary film adapted from his book, Far From the Tree, author Andrew Solomon reflected…
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In New Harvey Milk Biography, A Portrait Of A Man Gone Too Soon
July 5, 2018
In 1970, Harvey Milk, a boisterous, restless New Yorker, turned 40 without a sense of having accomplished much. But in…
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Getting Closer To A New Home For Cleveland’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Collection
June 25, 2018
Works by Langston Hughes, Zadie Smith and Toni Morrison will soon have a new place to call home. All three…
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Kevin Powers Delivers A Gritty, Poetic Novel With “A Shout In The Ruins”
June 11, 2018
A Shout in the Ruins has a ring to it – both as a book and as a title that…
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Isabel Allende’s “The House of The Spirits” On Its Way To Hulu
May 25, 2018
Add Isabel Allende‘s groundbreaking first novel, “The House of the Spirits,” to the golden age of television adaptations. Streaming giant…
