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In New Harvey Milk Biography, A Portrait Of A Man Gone Too Soon
July 5, 2018
In 1970, Harvey Milk, a boisterous, restless New Yorker, turned 40 without a sense of having accomplished much. But in…
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Getting Closer To A New Home For Cleveland’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Collection
June 25, 2018
Works by Langston Hughes, Zadie Smith and Toni Morrison will soon have a new place to call home. All three…
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Kevin Powers Delivers A Gritty, Poetic Novel With “A Shout In The Ruins”
June 11, 2018
A Shout in the Ruins has a ring to it – both as a book and as a title that…
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Isabel Allende’s “The House of The Spirits” On Its Way To Hulu
May 25, 2018
Add Isabel Allende‘s groundbreaking first novel, “The House of the Spirits,” to the golden age of television adaptations. Streaming giant…
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Natasha Trethewey Brings Passion And Pain To Poetry Reading At Kent State University
April 24, 2018
Former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey began her talk at Kent State University by claiming kinship with the audience. “I…
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Kevin Young Strolls Through Black History In New Poetry Collection, “Brown”
April 17, 2018
James Brown. John Brown’s raid. Michael Brown. Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. These subjects braid through Kevin Young’s…
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New Toni Morrison Documentary, “The Foreigner’s Home,” Explores The Meaning Of Belonging
April 12, 2018
At 87, Toni Morrison is a direct woman. The Nobel laureate in literature has long contemplated her legacy, and the…
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Mary Morris Is Back With Latest Novel, “Gateway to the Moon”
April 10, 2018
With Gateway to the Moon, writer Mary Morris casts a new spell drawing water from some of her favorite wells. Her…
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Interview With Directors Adam Mazo and Ben Pender-Cudlip On Their New Film, “Dawnland”
April 6, 2018
Boston-based filmmaker Adam Mazo is quick to admit that he knew little about Native populations growing up in Minnesota. He’s…
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Introducing Our Class Of 2018
March 29, 2018
The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 83rd Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Marlon James, a 2015 Anisfield-Wolf honoree, made…
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“Evicted” Author Matthew Desmond On Fixing America’s Broken Housing System
March 22, 2018
Matthew Desmond thinks America can’t see itself clearly. “We’re the richest democracy with the worst poverty. There’s not another advanced…
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National Book Critics Circle Awards Toast The Best Of 2017
The thrill of writing as clear as water ran through this year’s National Book Critics Circle awards, bookended by the…
