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Dance Performance Inspired By “Hidden Figures” Premiering In Cleveland
May 17, 2017
Attendees at the Cleveland Foundation’s annual meeting May 10 got a colorful taste of literature in motion. The Tri-C Creative…
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“Good Luck Soup” Documentary Earns National Broadcast For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 9, 2017
Set a reminder for the national broadcast premiere of “Good Luck Soup,” a 2016 documentary which tracks the multigenerational story…
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REVIEW: t’ai freedom ford’s “how to get over” Is An Urgent Reckoning With The Past
May 4, 2017
how to get over — the debut poetry collection from t’ai freedom ford — is part instruction manual, part black…
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REVIEW: Joshua Bennett’s “The Sobbing School” Is A Lesson In The Blues
April 28, 2017
Watching Joshua Bennett perform his poetry is something like watching a Baptist preacher deliver a Sunday sermon. Once on stage,…
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REVIEW: Karan Mahajan’s “The Association of Small Bombs”
March 31, 2017
by Charles Ellenbogen This Anisfield-Wolf award winner is absolutely stunning. From its riveting opening pages until the truth of its…
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Introducing Our Class Of 2017
March 23, 2017
The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of its 82nd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2017 recipients of the only…
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Louise Erdrich Wins Big At National Book Critics Circle Awards, Urges Writers To “Be Fierce And Dangerous About The Truth”
March 20, 2017
Poet and novelist Louise Erdrich, wiping tears from her eyes, accepted the National Book Critics Circle Award Thursday night for…
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REVIEW: Mohsin Hamid’s “Exit West” Blazes Fresh Ground In Hot Political Climate
March 12, 2017
The blazing new novel from Mohsin Hamid opens with this sentence: “In a city swollen by refugees but still mostly…
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New Documentary “The Revival” Gives Queer Black Women The Mic
March 9, 2017
If self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde were alive today, you might find her celebrating with the women…
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“Thirty Million Words” Initiative Empowers Parents To Use Everyday Conversation As A Tool To Build Strong Brains
March 5, 2017
The Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges famously said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”…
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Coretta Scott King’s Posthumous Memoir Details The Woman Beyond The King Name
February 27, 2017
Coretta Scott King begins her posthumous new memoir with a terrific metaphor: “Most people know me as Mrs. King. The…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors Protest “Muslim Ban” In An Open Letter To President Trump
February 21, 2017
Sixty-six writers and artists – including seven Anisfield-Wolf recipients and two jury members – wrote an open letter to President…
