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What Was Life Like On The Eve Of The Civil War?
June 15, 2012
We tend to have a lot of historians on our winners list. They’re the people who can take what we’ve…
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NEW ON THE BOOKSHELF: Geoffrey C. Ward’s “A Disposition To Be Rich”
June 13, 2012
2005 winner Geoffrey C. Ward‘s latest book covers familiar ground—history—but also gives readers insight into his family history. The book…
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2012 Winner David Livingstone Smith To Participate On G20 Summit Panel
June 11, 2012
2012 nonfiction winner David Livingstone Smith, author of Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others, will be a…
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ADVICE FROM THE WINNERS: Writing Realistic Characters
June 8, 2012
Anisfield-Wolf jury member Joyce Carol Oates explains how writers can get in touch with the core of their characters, using…
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New On The Bookshelf: Jill Lepore’s The Mansion of Happiness
June 6, 2012
Our “New On The Bookshelf” series highlights new works from past Anisfield-Wolf authors. It’s a question many of us don’t…
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What To Expect From Oprah’s Book Club 2.0
June 4, 2012
2010 Lifetime Achievement winner Oprah Winfrey (do we even need to say her last name?) had big news to share…
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Anisfield-Wolf Authors Hit The Stage At Book Expo 2012
June 1, 2012
Some of our very own Anisfield-Wolf winners will be in attendance at the 2012 Book Expo at the Javits Center…
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Toni Morrison Discusses “Home” + Receives Presidential Medal Of Freedom
May 30, 2012
May has been an incredible month for Ms. Morrison. She released her latest novel, Home, to rave reviews and she was…
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Stephen L. Carter’s Latest Novel – What If President Lincoln Survived The Assassination Attempt?
May 28, 2012
We’ve got a summer reading list a mile long and another title just got added to the pile. Stephen L….
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What’s On Your Summer Reading List?
May 25, 2012
We don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but this weekend it’s going to hot and humid….
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VIDEO: Gwendolyn Brooks Reads Her Poem, “We Real Cool”
May 23, 2012
It’s a short poem but it’s also one of Gwendolyn Brooks‘ (pardon the pun) coolest. “We Real Cool,” published in…
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VIDEO: The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson
May 21, 2012
In Geoffrey C. Ward’s Unforgivable Blackness: Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, we are treated to a front row seat…
