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Interview with “Afterward” Director Ofra Bloch
March 26, 2019
“As a kid in Israel, my dream was to become a psychoanalyst and a filmmaker,” Ofra Bloch said in a…
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Forthcoming Poetry Collection “Deluge” A Stunning Debut For Leila Chatti
March 21, 2019
Leila Chatti worked six years to create Deluge, 52 poems that the esteemed Copper Canyon Press will publish next year…
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Teaching Anisfield-Wolf In The Classroom
March 20, 2019
By Gabrielle Bychowski How do we talk about racism? How do we talk about sexism? These were two of the…
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Zadie Smith’s “Feel Free” Honored At National Book Critics Circle Awards
March 18, 2019
Zadie Smith, best known for her piercing comic novels, has won a National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism for…
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“Afterward,” New Film On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Premieres At The Cleveland International Film Festival
March 1, 2019
Join us for the Cleveland premiere of “Afterward,” a 94-minute documentary from Jerusalem-born psychoanalyst Ofra Bloch that explores the lingering…
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A Shelf of One’s Own – An Argument for Transgender Literature
February 13, 2019
By Gabrielle Bychowski Sitting at my desk, I set down my copy of A Room of One’s Own, looked over…
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Poet Jericho Brown To Announce 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winners In April
February 8, 2019
Jericho Brown will announce the new class of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winners in Cleveland April 4. The charismatic and much-lauded…
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Claudia Rankine On Dismantling Racism And Prepping Cleveland’s Youth For Their Future
January 28, 2019
Poet Claudia Rankine, born 56 years ago in Jamaica, returned to the city of her first college teaching post to…
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“A World Built On Bondage”: Anisfield-Wolf Authors To Close 2019 Virginia Festival Of The Book
January 22, 2019
For the second consecutive year, Anisfield-Wolf award-winning authors will close the Virginia Festival of the Book. On March 24, two…
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Author Claudia Rankine Brings “Citizen” To Cleveland January 23
January 14, 2019
Claudia Rankine and her “slender, musical book that arrives like a thunderclap” are coming to Cleveland, the first major literary event…
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N. Scott Momaday Named 2019 Recipient of the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize
January 10, 2019
N. Scott Momaday, a captivating storyteller long considered “the dean of Native American letters,” is the new recipient of the…
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10 Gems From 2018 That Deserve A Spot On Your 2019 Reading List
January 4, 2019
As we bid adieu to 2018, allow us to shine a last, lingering reading light on ten highlights: the year’s…
