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NewsTracy K. Smith Examines The Duty Of Poetry In Turbulent Times During Cleveland Book Week
With the William G. Mather steamship providing a nautical backdrop, poet Tracy K. Smith brought her work to the shores…
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2019 Sound of Ideas: Poet Tracy K. Smith
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NewsN. Scott Momaday Honored With Dayton Literary Peace Prize
At 85, N. Scott Momaday – considered the dean of Native American literature – is attracting renewed accolades for his…
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NewsThe Free Black Women’s Library Is A National Movement Uplifting Black Female Authors
In 2015, Brooklyn, New York-based artist OlaRonke Akinmowo lugged 100 books — all written by black women — to a…
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NewsThe Enduring Legacy Of Gordon Parks Featured At Cleveland Museum Of Art
Photographer, filmmaker, poet and novelist Gordon Parks died in 2006 at the age of 93. But the 1998 winner of…
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NewsTeaching Anisfield-Wolf In The Classroom
By Gabrielle Bychowski How do we talk about racism? How do we talk about sexism? These were two of the…
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NewsClaudia Rankine On Dismantling Racism And Prepping Cleveland’s Youth For Their Future
Poet Claudia Rankine, born 56 years ago in Jamaica, returned to the city of her first college teaching post to…
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NewsStarting Cleveland Book Week With A Look At How Literacy Changes Lives
Margo Hudson, a Clevelander who won the National Learner Award in Dallas two years ago, reflected recently on how “literacy…
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NewsWhen A Haircut’s Not Just A Haircut: Uplifting Black Boys In The Pages Of “Crown”
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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NewsWalter Mosley Tackles the Elusiveness of History in His New Novel, “John Woman”
“John Woman,” the newest novel from prolific and philosophical Walter Mosley, arrives today telling the story of a fugitive genius….
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NewsKevin Young Strolls Through Black History In New Poetry Collection, “Brown”
James Brown. John Brown’s raid. Michael Brown. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. These subjects braid through Kevin Young’s…
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NewsMary Morris Is Back With Latest Novel, “Gateway to the Moon”
With Gateway to the Moon, writer Mary Morris casts a new spell drawing water from some of her favorite wells. Her…
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NewsREVIEW: “When They Call You A Terrorist” Takes Readers Inside The Black Lives Matter Movement
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, is no stranger to resistance. Her searing new memoir, “When…
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NewsAnisfield-Wolf Authors To Close 2018 Virginia Book Festival With Panel On Racism And Reflections On Charlottesville
Coming off a successful year of literary prizes, three of the 2017 recipients of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will reconvene…
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NewsCleveland Book Week Highlights: Tyehimba Jess At Karamu House For A Poetry “Clapback”
Tyehimba Jess came home to Karamu House to lift up “Olio,” his magnificently engineered collection of poems that explore black…
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NewsOn The Ground In Ferguson And Beyond: Wesley Lowery On Black Lives Matter And Police Fatalities
Thanks to Wesley Lowery and his colleagues at the Washington Post, citizens anywhere can click on the newspaper’s “Fatal Force”…
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NewsFinding Common Ground On Literacy
Two of every three Clevelanders read at the seventh-grade level or below – making 66 percent of adult Clevelanders functionally…
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NewsNovelist Peter Ho Davies Accepts 2017 Chautauqua Prize, Muses On Identity And Nuance In “The Fortunes”
Peter Ho Davies – a gracious, wise and observant British-born fiction writer – welcomed a question about the title of…
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News“Good Luck Soup” Documentary Earns National Broadcast For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Set a reminder for the national broadcast premiere of “Good Luck Soup,” a 2016 documentary which tracks the multigenerational story…
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NewsNew Documentary “The Revival” Gives Queer Black Women The Mic
If self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde were alive today, you might find her celebrating with the women…