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VIDEO: Young Actor Performs John Edgar Wideman’s “Bananas”
November 30, 2011
The world of publishing is changing right before our eyes, with established authors choosing to go the self-publishing route. Anisfield-Wolf’s…
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VIDEO: 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner David Eltis Speaks On His Groundbreaking Work, “Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade”
November 28, 2011
David Eltis, Woodruff Professor of History at Emory University, along with his co-author David Richardson, has complied one of the…
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VIDEO: 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner Mary Helen Stefaniak Reads From “The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia”
November 25, 2011
Thinking about picking up a book from one of the 2011 Anisfield-Wolf winners? Check out this brief reading from Mary…
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2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner Nicole Krauss On Writing: “I Do Think Of A Novel As A House”
November 23, 2011
2011 Anisfield-Wolf Award winner Nicole Krauss, honored for her 2010 novel Great House, was selected as one of 12 honorees…
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VIDEO: 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Winner Isabel Wilkerson On Writing: “Plunge Yourself Into It”
November 21, 2011
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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Ronn Richard 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Remarks
September 15, 2011
Good evening. I’m Ronn Richard, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to…
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Young Poet, Essence Cain, Performs at 2011 Anisfield-Wolf Ceremony
Since 2009, an emerging young poet from Northeast Ohio is celebrated along with the winning authors at the Anisfield-Wolf Book…
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Chairing the Jury
September 13, 2011
Chairing the jury for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is one of the single pleasures of my life. The thought that…
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76th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize Winners Announced
August 11, 2011
CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 12, 2011) – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the winners of the 76th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards…
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My Anisfield-Wolf Awards Ceremony Experience
September 23, 2010
Hello everyone! My name is Kevin Ritter and I was the featured young artist at this year’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards….
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Cuyahoga County Public Library Celebrates Anisfield-Wolf
June 11, 2010
The Anisfield-Wolf book prize 75th anniversary celebration is in full swing at Cuyahoga County Public Library. Since January, Library staff…
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75 Years of Opening Minds and Challenging Minds
April 21, 2010
The Anisfield-Wolf book prize turns 75 this year. Quite an accomplishment from a shy poet and philanthropist in Cleveland, who…
