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The Incredible Staying Power Of James McBride’s “The Color of Water”
November 5, 2015
by Gail Arnoff, adjunct professor, John Carroll University The first time I read The Color of Water, I was deep…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates On Dismantling White Supremacy: “Any Definition Of Race Always Depends Upon Power”
November 4, 2015
Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is very clear on his role: Dig for the truth and get out of the way. “If…
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Author Daniel Mendelsohn On Writing And Discovering The Holocaust Anew
October 29, 2015
Cultural critic Daniel Mendelsohn paused in Cleveland this October before his written remarks to take in the stunning, restored Temple-Tifereth…
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Poet Eugene Gloria Brings Discussion On Identity To Hiram College
October 21, 2015
Tom Pantic, a junior at Hiram College in Ohio, wanted to know how poet Eugene Gloria felt about being…
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REVIEW: “A Ballerina’s Tale: The Incredible Rise Of Misty Copeland”
October 15, 2015
“A Ballerina’s Tale” is a delightfully intimate portrait of Misty Copeland—full of close-ups, uncomfortable silence, and peeks behind the curtain…
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WATCH: Highlights From Our 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Ceremony
October 8, 2015
This past September, Jericho Brown, Marlon James, Marilyn Chin and Richard S. Dunn accepted their 2015 Anisfield-Wolf awards at a…
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Education Writer Jonathan Kozol On Racial And Class Disparities In Our Nation’s Schools
October 2, 2015
As I approached the ballroom of the Cleveland Convention Center to reach the Open Doors Academy luncheon, I heard a…
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WATCH: Richard S. Dunn, 2015 Winner Of Anisfield-Wolf Prize: “It Is A Tremendous Honor”
September 24, 2015
Richard S. Dunn spent 40 years researching and writing “A Tale of Two Plantations,” a scrupulous, revelatory archival investigation of…
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WATCH: Marilyn Chin On Winning The 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize: “I Believe I’m An Activist Poet”
As Marilyn Chin began her acceptance speech for this year’s award for poetry, she looked out in the audience upon…
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WATCH: Marlon James On Winning The 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize: “My Whole Life Has Been Shaped By Anisfield-Wolf”
It was a brief passage in “Sula,” Toni Morrison‘s 1973 novel, that changed Marlon James‘ entire life: in it, Sula…
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WATCH: Jericho Brown On Winning The 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize: “The Writing I Do Is Part Of A Tradition”
September 23, 2015
“My idols sat around and read my book, y’all,” Jericho Brown remarked from the podium at the 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Book…
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Artwork Inspired By Anisfield-Wolf Winners Coming Soon To Cleveland’s Public Transit
September 9, 2015
Clevelanders feeling uninspired on their daily commute will soon have one route infused with a new literary landscape. …
