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Meet Our 2016 Winners
April 6, 2016
Rowan Ricardo Phillips’ second book of poetry, Heaven, brims with 38 poems that ask “Who the hell’s Heaven is…
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REVIEW: Mat Johnson’s “Loving Day” Proves A Strong Offering In Racial Satire
April 4, 2016
by Gary Stonum In electoral politics you must choose one candidate. In identity politics, it is often the same. As…
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The Artist As Activist: Author Edwidge Danticat In Cleveland
March 23, 2016
Edwidge Danticat began her remarks in Cleveland by drawing attention to another artist, the painter Jacob Lawrence, whose migration series…
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Curl Up With These National Book Critics Circle Winners In Celebration Of Spring
March 21, 2016
Readers wondering what to pick up this spring can crack any of the six books just awarded the National Book…
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Interview With Director Matthew Hashiguchi On His New Film, “Good Luck Soup”
March 14, 2016
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is sponsoring “Good Luck Soup” at this year’s Cleveland International Film Festival. The two screenings are…
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REVIEW: “The Turner House” Captures Detroit With All Its Grit And Glory
March 11, 2016
Spread over the opening pages of Angela Flournoy’s “The Turner House” is a family tree, its branches enumerating the 61…
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“Good Luck Soup” Premieres At The Cleveland International Film Festival
March 9, 2016
Join us for the world premiere of “Good Luck Soup,” a 72-minute documentary on the experiences of Cleveland’s Hashiguchi family…
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Southern Storyteller Pat Conroy Laid To Rest In His Beloved South Carolina Town
March 8, 2016
Pat Conroy, the Southern novelist and storyteller, was buried from St. Peter Catholic Church in Beaufort, S.C., surrounded by almost…
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Activism In Your Own Backyard: How To Spark Change Where You Live
March 2, 2016
Of the five prompts for the 2016 Martin Luther King essay contest, Case Western Reserve University senior Shadi Admadmehrabi selected…
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“Black-ish” Deftly Mixes Hope and Reality in Police Brutality Episode
February 25, 2016
In its second season, ABC’s “Black-ish” has hit its stride. Now comes the best evidence of its ability to create…
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Media Critic Eric Deggans Talks #OscarsSoWhite, Beyonce And Political Correctness
February 24, 2016
What to do when Fox News host Bill O’Reilly calls you out on his show, labeling you a “race-baiter”? If…
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Professor Michelle Martin Offers “African American Children’s Literature as a Genre of Resistance”
February 23, 2016
Almost a year before Matt de la Pena won the latest Newbery Medal—the highest honor in children’s literature—he told National…
