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NewsMust-See: Carrie Mae Weems At Cleveland Museum Of Art
Photographer and artist Carrie Mae Weems paused in front of more than 600 rapt listeners in late August to take…
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NewsHappy Birthday, Rita Dove
Anisfield-Wolf juror Rita Dove is 61 today. Her father, chemist Ray Dove, took her and her brother from Akron, Ohio,…
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News#HipHopEd = Science Mixed With Rap For An Ultimate Battle Of Skills
“I defy gravity/I am stronger than any force/I am Brooklyn” This isn’t a verse from one of Jay Z’s latest…
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NewsCleveland Public Library’s Brown Bag Book Club Features Anisfield-Wolf Authors
Meet our esteemed manager, Karen R. Long, at the Cleveland Public Library’s Brown Bag Book Club on Wednesday, August 21…
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NewsREVIEW: Eugene Gloria, My Favorite Warlord
by Kathleen Cerveny My Favorite Warlord, by Eugene Gloria, is the recipient of the 2013 Anisfield Wolf Book Award for…
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NewsNew Crowd-Funded Film Explores America’s “White Privilege” Problem
Thanks to generous supporters on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter, anti-racism activist Tim Wise has raised more than $41,000 for a…
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NewsRita Dove On “Trayvon, Redux,” Her Poem Posted On The Root Three Days After The Verdict
by Rita Dove On Trayvon Martin, today I find myself at a loss for words — or rather, I used…
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NewsFinally! “Half Of A Yellow Sun” Trailer Hits The Web
After months of little publicity, the official trailer for “Half Of A Yellow Sun” has been released, weeks ahead of…
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NewsIf Violence Is Contagious, Then What Is The Cure?
Contrary to its pop culture rep as a hipster haven, Brooklyn has the unpleasant distinction of being the bloodiest of…
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NewsSurge Of International Students Shifts Landscape Of American Colleges
This August 14, the graduate program at Case Western Reserve University for a Masters of Finance will welcome 60 new…
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News“Staring In The Mirror”: Prejudice, Biases and Fighting Human Nature
by Sally Wiener Grotta A recent Anisfield-Wolf blog post asked, “What Biases Are You Carrying?” In the blog, Attorney Louise…
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Test Yourself: What Biases Are You Carrying?
Lawyer Louise P. Dempsey punctuated her recent lunch-hour talk by passing out sheets of paper with a single riddle: “A…
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NewsWhat HBCUs Need To Survive
by Chris Stevens As a proud product of a Historically Black University (Delaware State, Class of 2007), I’ve watched with…
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NewsREVIEW: Sonia Sotomayor Bares Her Soul In “My Beloved World”
One of my close friends, Shanelle Smith, shoved a thick book in my hands as we met for lunch. “You…
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NewsSpanish-Language Books Finding A Tough Road To Bookshelves
On July 2, Atria Books will publish eight versions of a new autobiography, “Unbreakable: My Story, My Way,” by Jenni…
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NewsNatasha Trethewey’s Bringing Poetry To The Masses
A 2009 National Endowment for the Arts study found that only 8 percent of adults read any poetry in the…
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NewsCongressman John Lewis Publishes Graphic Novel Of Civil Rights Movement
“Some of you may be asking: ‘Hey, John Lewis, why are you trying to write a comic book?’” said the…
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NewsLorraine Hansberry Biopic In Development
Films on Princess Diana, Steve Jobs, and Jimi Hendrix should make 2013 a rich year for biopics. An intriguing new…
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NewsREVIEW: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Soars With “Americanah”
Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Knopf, 477 pp., $26.95 Hair asserts itself on the first page of “Americanah,” a knowing, prickly…
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News“Nollywood” Brings Adaptation of Adichie’s “Half of a Yellow Sun”
If you can’t find the art you want, make it yourself. That was famously the mindset of Jay-Z, when the…