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New Documentary “Dawnland” Explores Only Truth And Reconciliation Commission In The U.S.
March 13, 2018
Can the United States transition “from being an occupier to being a neighbor”? So asks gkisedtanamoogk, a Native man living…
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Jill Lepore Shares Political Optimism For A Divided Nation During CWRU Talk
March 12, 2018
Jill Lepore is restless. The Harvard historian prefers to walk while she thinks, and stand when she talks. And so…
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Poet Leila Chatti Named The Inaugural Anisfield-Wolf Fellow At Cleveland State University Poetry Center
March 9, 2018
Leila Chatti, a poet who grew up in Michigan, will be the first Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in Writing and Editing, beginning…
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Professor Heather Shotton On Native Identity And Representation
February 27, 2018
As the #MeToo movement surges on, elevating the national conversation around sexual assault and gender inequality, Professor Heather Shotton believes…
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Author Angie Thomas Shares Inspiration For “The Hate U Give” With Cleveland Public Library
February 20, 2018
In December, a suburban Houston school district yanked copies of the young-adult novel “The Hate U Give” from all 25…
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Poet Elizabeth Alexander Becomes New President Of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
February 7, 2018
Anisfield-Wolf poet Elizabeth Alexander will be the next president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, becoming the first woman to…
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Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Breaks Down The Dangers Of Educational Segregation During CWRU Convocation
February 5, 2018
Nikole Hannah-Jones has no interest in frittering anyone’s time. “You would never hear me use the word ‘diversity’ except to…
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REVIEW: “When They Call You A Terrorist” Takes Readers Inside The Black Lives Matter Movement
January 17, 2018
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, is no stranger to resistance. Her searing new memoir, “When…
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The New York Times And PBS NewsHour Team Up For A New Book Club
January 4, 2018
Jesmyn Ward, whose fiction is drawing comparisons to William Faulkner’s, received a new honor this week: her 2017 novel, “Sing,…
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New Anisfield-Wolf Fellowship Addresses Diversity In Publishing
December 15, 2017
In a nationally unique innovation, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards has partnered with the Cleveland State University Poetry Center to create…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors To Close 2018 Virginia Book Festival With Panel On Racism And Reflections On Charlottesville
December 5, 2017
Coming off a successful year of literary prizes, three of the 2017 recipients of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will reconvene…
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READ: Marilyn Chin’s New Poem, “Love Story”
November 21, 2017
Marilyn Chin is a frank and feminist poet who continues to enlarge the Anisfield-Wolf canon. Like Peter Ho Davies, she…
