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NewsAuthor Isabel Wilkerson Brings Cleveland Connection To “The Warmth Of Other Suns”
Additional reporting by Tara Jefferson When Isabel Wilkerson comes to Cleveland, she sees Alabama. An authority on the Great Migration—the…
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Isabel Wilkerson And Shonda Rhimes Team Up For FX Series Of “The Warmth Of Other Suns”
Which black actors might best portray Ida Mae Gladney, George Starling and Dr. Robert Pershing Foster, the three real-life protagonists…
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NewsHow Books@Work Program Allowed Readers To See Themselves In Isabel Wilkerson’s “The Warmth Of Other Suns”
by Rachel Burstein Our experience of a book can be changed—and enriched—when we read it alongside people who are different…
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Isabel WIlkerson Describes Jim Crow Laws In The 1950s
In an Art Works podcast hosted by the National Endowment of the Arts, Isabel Wilkerson describes what life was like…
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NewsIsabel Wilkerson Greeted By Surprise From Fan In Her Hotel Room
Isabel Wilkerson posted the above photo and the following message on her Facebook page – seems she has a superfan…
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News“The Great Migration Is The Story Of Most African-Americans” – Isabel Wilkerson
A full two years after her acclaimed book, The Warmth of Other Suns, was published, Isabel Wilkerson continues to work…
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Isabel Wilkerson On The Great Migration
During a stop to the Tavis Smiley show on PBS, Isabel Wilkerson described her desire to capture stories of the…
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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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NewsVIDEO: 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner Isabel Wilkerson On Writing: “Plunge Yourself Into It”
In this brief interview from Knopf’s “Writers on Writing” series, 2011 Anisfield-Wolf winner Isabel Wilkerson discusses the lengthy, grueling process…
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NewsNew Exhibition Pulls Local Community Into The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Canon
An innovative virtual exhibition at Case Western Reserve University selects and showcases new local responses to Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards writing.
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NewsNew Anisfield-Wolf Inspired Public Art Comes To The RTA Red Line
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders can now enjoy an even closer view of world-class art inspired by the…
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NewsLet These Books — From Poetry To The Political — Kick Off Your 2017 Reading List
How does one structure a year in reading? The New York Times published the answers of 47 writers and artists…
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NewsREVIEW: “The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race”
There are 108 tally marks on the cover of The Fire This Time, the new essay collection that brings forth…
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NewsESSENCE Magazine Goes Dark For Historic “Black Lives Matter” Issue
For the first time in its 45-year history, Essence magazine will not use a cover model. Instead, the African-American publication…
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NewsThe Article On Race Every American Should Read
When writer Ta-Nehisi Coates visited Cleveland on a frigid February morning earlier this year, he was blunt when asked about America’s…
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NewsHost Of The Internet’s Most Lively Dinner Party, Ta-Nehisi Coates Commands The Room
At 38, Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior correspondent for The Atlantic’s online property, has become one of the nation’s foremost writers on…
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News“Your Words Have Changed My Life”: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Ceremony Salutes Literary Heavyweights
The potency of literature went on vivid display in early November when readers gathered around the writers who won this…
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News“Warmth Of Other Suns” Named The 2013 Selection For Chicago’s City-Wide Book Club
With so much negative news spilling out of Chicago each day, we’re happy to see at least one bright spot…