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NewsRita Dove And Kwame Anthony Appiah Honored With National Medals of Arts and Humanities
Watch Anisfield-Wolf jury member Rita Dove get presented with the 2011 National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama and…
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NewsDo You Use Social Media To Get Closer To Your Favorite Authors?
A recent New York Times article examines the relationship between readers and authors in the social media landscape. Previously, the…
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NewsVIDEO: Mohsin Hamid Talks About The Film Adaptation Of His Book, The Reluctant Fundamentalist
In advance of the film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, take a look back at Hamid’s talk on his book…
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NewsWhat Will We Do If Public Libraries No Longer Exist?
2011 Anisfield-Wolf winner Kamila Shamsie reflects on the availability of literature through the world’s public libraries—and what that means for…
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NewsMeet 2011 Winner Mary Helen Stefaniak At Cuyahoga County Public Library
Meet Mary Helen Stefaniak, author of The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. When new teacher, Miss Grace Spivey, arrives and turns…
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NewsThe Lives They Lived – Isabel Wilkerson Pays Tribute To Those Who Were “The First”
In the New York Times magazine’s annual “The Lives They Lived” feature, 2011 Anisfield-Wolf winner Isabel Wilkerson explores the lives…
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NewsHenry Louis Gates Jr On The Importance Of A Good Book
Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Henry Louis Gates has a resume a mile long. And in between his work at Harvard, his…
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Thinking Of Starting A Book Club With Friends? Here Are Some Tips
For those who enjoy reading books, and enjoy sharing their favorite books with their friends even more, starting a book…
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NewsJunot Diaz On Why He Writes And The Power Of Perseverance
What makes a writer a writer? It’s a simple question with many possible answers and if you ask 10 authors,…
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NewsThe Words Of Winners: Nam Le
On the power of fiction: ”I do believe that you can never know yourself let alone the person next to…
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NewsVIDEO: The Many Lives of Quincy Jones
It’s been almost 10 years since Quincy Jones won an Anisfield-Wolf Award for his book, Q: The Autobiography of Quincy…
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NewsBooks Vs. Movies: How Will “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” Fare On The Big Screen?
2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid’s groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a…
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NewsVIDEO: Edwidge Danticat Honored With Langston Hughes Medal At City College Of New York
2005 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Edwidge Danticat gets emotional after receiving the Langston Hughes medal at the 2011 Langston Hughes Festival,…
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News2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner Nicole Krauss On Writing: “I Do Think Of A Novel As A House”
2011 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Nicole Krauss, honored for her 2010 novel Great House, was selected as one of 12 honorees…
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NewsRonn Richard 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Remarks
Good evening. I’m Ronn Richard, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to…
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NewsYoung Poet, Essence Cain, Performs at 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Ceremony
Since 2009, an emerging young poet from Northeast Ohio is celebrated along with the winning authors at the Anisfield-Wolf Book…
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Chairing the Jury
Chairing the jury for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is one of the single pleasures of my life. The thought that…
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Educators
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is committed to advancing the understanding of diversity through education. Here we have pulled together a…
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Further Reading
Additional reading suggestions on the topic of diversity. Kwame Anthony Appiah, Michael Colin Vazquez and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., The Dictionary…
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Libraries
The Cleveland Public Library has housed the complete and ever-growing Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Collection at its main library since June…