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The Association of Small Bombs
This is what it felt like to be a bomb. You were coiled up, majestic with blackness, unaware that the universe outside you existed, and then a wire snapped and ripped open your eyelids all the way around and you had a vision of the world in 360 degrees, and everything in your purview was doomed by seeing.
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Louise Erdrich Wins Big At National Book Critics Circle Awards, Urges Writers To “Be Fierce And Dangerous About The Truth”
Poet and novelist Louise Erdrich, wiping tears from her eyes, accepted the National Book Critics Circle Award Thursday night for…
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REVIEW: Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West” Blazes Fresh Ground In Hot Political Climate
The blazing new novel from Mohsin Hamid opens with this sentence: “In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly…
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“Thirty Million Words” Initiative Empowers Parents To Use Everyday Conversation As A Tool To Build Strong Brains
The Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges famously said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”…
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Coretta Scott King’s Posthumous Memoir Details The Woman Beyond The King Name
Coretta Scott King begins her posthumous new memoir with a terrific metaphor: “Most people know me as Mrs. King. The…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors Protest “Muslim Ban” In An Open Letter To President Trump
Sixty-six writers and artists – including seven Anisfield-Wolf recipients and two jury members – wrote an open letter to President…
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Novelist Laird Hunt On The Women Who Influenced His Midwestern Storytelling
Laird Hunt, Wikipedia will tell you, “is an American writer, translator and academic.” True, as far as that goes. But…
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Author Margot Lee Shetterly Shares “Hidden Figures” Origin Story At Case Western Reserve University
Seven years ago, Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly discovered a great untold story in her own hometown. Shetterly, 47, grew up in…
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REVIEW: Laird Hunt’s “The Evening Road”
The Evening Road returns Laird Hunt to Indiana, where the Anisfield-Wolf winner lived on his grandmother’s farm during his high…
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A Literary President: Obama Reflects On The Books That Gave Him Stamina And Resolve
Late at night and through eight grueling years, literature helped sustain the outgoing president of the United States. In a…
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“Hidden Figures” Is Getting A Lot Of Hollywood Buzz, But Don’t Forget About The Book
Type “scientist” into Google and what images do you find? As author Margot Lee Shetterly would describe it, the results are…
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Let These Books — From Poetry To The Political — Kick Off Your 2017 Reading List
How does one structure a year in reading? The New York Times published the answers of 47 writers and artists…
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Tavis Smiley Brings “Courting Justice” To Cleveland
Cross the American criminal justice system, and – if you are unlucky — prepare for crushing debt. Here are…
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REVIEW: “Delicious Foods” Makes For A Very Satisfying Literary Meal
by Charles Ellenbogen Eddie has just escaped from the farm; Eddie also has no hands. Those are among the first…
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“An Evening With Rita Dove & Friends” Captures 30 Years Of The Poet’s Greatest Verses
Each time poet and Akron native Rita Dove speaks in Northeast Ohio, she begins with an acknowledgement of home. Her…
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Author David Livingstone Smith Speaks On Combating Dehumanization At CWRU
Philosopher David Livingstone Smith gave a lively preview of “Making Monsters: The Uncanny Powers of Dehumanization,” his forthcoming book, for…
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Catch An Encore Screening Of Cleveland International Film Festival Hit, “Romeo Is Bleeding”
The gritty documentary “Romeo is Bleeding” took home the top audience choice prize at this year’s Cleveland International Film Festival….
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REVIEW: Paul Beatty’s “The Sellout” Deserves The Man Booker Prize And Then Some
Paul Beatty’s “The Sellout” took home the Man Booker Prize for 2016, making him the first U.S. author to win…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Salutes First Lady Michelle Obama In New York Times Style Magazine
The editors of the New York Times Style magazine invited four woman to write letters of appreciation to Michelle Obama…