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News“I Have A Dream”: Collections of Martin Luther King Links From Around The Web
Taylor Branch and Isabel Wilkerson were special guests of the Diane Rehm Show on NPR to discuss Dr. Martin Luther…
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NewsVIDEO: What’s It Like To Be The Inaugural Poet?
On the eve of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, Yale University hosted a live chat with Elizabeth Alexander, whose “Praise…
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NewsJonathan Kozol To Speak On Reducing Poverty With Dr. Cornel West And Tavis Smiley
1996 winner Jonathan Kozol will be speaking with Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West at the January 17th event, Vision…
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Isabel WIlkerson Describes Jim Crow Laws In The 1950s
In an Art Works podcast hosted by the National Endowment of the Arts, Isabel Wilkerson describes what life was like…
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NewsWe Can’t Get Enough Of Zora Neale Hurston
As we wrote before, Isabel Wilkerson has been educating her fans on the impact of the Great Migration by posting…
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NewsWhat’s The Next Pick In Oprah’s Book Club?
We highlighted the reboot of Oprah’s book club (dubbed Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 as a nod to the newly added…
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Former Plain Dealer Book Editor, Karen Long, Joins Anisfield-Wolf Staff
We are thrilled to announce that Karen Long, until recently the book editor at the Plain Dealer, will be coming…
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Five Books You Should Read First In 2013
With a new year comes new reading lists. We at Anisfield-Wolf rounded up some of the new and not-so-new books…
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NewsReflections On A New Year: Ralph Ellison Style
“All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it…
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What Could This Blog Be In 2013?
As our first full year of blogging here is coming to a close, we at Anisfield-Wolf wanted to take a…
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Junot Diaz Shares What’s On His Christmas Dinner Table
We’re keeping it light this week—we know everyone is busy with family and friends and the wonderfulness of the holiday…
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NewsAre There Books On Your Holiday List? Here’s Three Books We Think You Should Include
If you haven’t read it already, Junot Diaz’ This is How You Lose Her is a terrific collection of short…
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NewsVIDEO: Louise Erdrich On Her New Book, “Round House”
We talked about Junot Diaz’ great year, but Louise Erdrich is another Anisfield-Wolf winner with an amazing 2012. She released…
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NewsIn A Disaster, Do People Need Books As Much As They Need Other Supplies?
Several Nobel laureates, Libraries Without Borders and dozens of authors believe so. They are petitioning for books to be considered crucial in…
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NewsWaking Up At 5 A.M. Every Day To Become A Writer
Judith Ortiz Cofer, 1994 winner for fiction, shares her advice on becoming a writer in this quick clip. She stresses…
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NewsDavid Levering Lewis: “History without sexuality is incomplete.”
David Levering Lewis, 1994 and 2001 Anisfield-Wolf award winner and noted historian of W.E.B. DuBois, was quoted in a recent…
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NewsWhat Do Berry Gordy, Jimi Hendrix, and Lorraine Hansberry Have In Common?
The answer, as 2010 winner Isabel Wilkerson would like you to know, is that they are all products of the…
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Physical Books Versus E-Books – Which Do You Prefer?
This excerpt from author Joe Queenan’s new book, “One for the Books,” was published in the Huffington Post Books section…
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NewsWE REMEMBER: August Wilson’s Play, “The Piano Lesson,” Debuted 25 Years Ago This Month
In our rush to get to Thanksgiving dinner, we missed the anniversary of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” 2011 winner…
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NewsIsabel Wilkerson Greeted By Surprise From Fan In Her Hotel Room
Isabel Wilkerson posted the above photo and the following message on her Facebook page – seems she has a superfan…