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Eric Foner
As a scholar and writer, his footprint is vast, and no one, since the great W.E.B. Du Bois, has done more to reframe the narrative of his field away from the ‘Lost Cause’ myth of white supremacy, toward interracial democracy, truth, and justice.
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The Old Drift
My parents speak two different Bantu languages, and even my sister and I speak different languages; so, we all speak to each other in English. We speak Nyanja, Namwanga, Mambwe and Bemba. I tend, when I think in Zambian words, to think in Bemba, not Nyanja.
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Tracy K. Smith Examines The Duty Of Poetry In Turbulent Times During Cleveland Book Week
With the William G. Mather steamship providing a nautical backdrop, poet Tracy K. Smith brought her work to the shores…
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A Shelf of One’s Own – An Argument for Transgender Literature
By Gabrielle Bychowski Sitting at my desk, I set down my copy of A Room of One’s Own, looked over…
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In New Harvey Milk Biography, A Portrait Of A Man Gone Too Soon
In 1970, Harvey Milk, a boisterous, restless New Yorker, turned 40 without a sense of having accomplished much. But in…
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Growing up in DeLisle, Mississippi, has influenced me in many ways. Growing up here taught me to appreciate beauty, the beauty of the bayous and of the forests and of the Gulf. Growing up in this community taught me to appreciate storytelling, taught me to appreciate language.
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On The Ground In Ferguson And Beyond: Wesley Lowery On Black Lives Matter And Police Fatalities
Thanks to Wesley Lowery and his colleagues at the Washington Post, citizens anywhere can click on the newspaper’s “Fatal Force”…
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Bringing Personal Authenticity To The Classroom
The Lavender Graduation is an annual celebration that occurs on numerous campuses across the country, where graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
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Coretta Scott King’s Posthumous Memoir Details The Woman Beyond The King Name
Coretta Scott King begins her posthumous new memoir with a terrific metaphor: “Most people know me as Mrs. King. The…
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REVIEW: Laird Hunt’s “The Evening Road”
The Evening Road returns Laird Hunt to Indiana, where the Anisfield-Wolf winner lived on his grandmother’s farm during his high…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Salutes First Lady Michelle Obama In New York Times Style Magazine
The editors of the New York Times Style magazine invited four woman to write letters of appreciation to Michelle Obama…
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A Reflection On Growing Up In The Gay Revolution
by Lisa Nielson, Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Fellow at Case Western Reserve University. I was taking an internet break from my pile of…
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REVIEW: “The Underground Railroad” By Colson Whitehead
by Charles Ellenbogen With all of the recent discussion about the changing faces on U.S. currency, some controversy emerged over…
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Public Art Inspired By Anisfield-Wolf Canon Makes A Splash Across Cleveland
Riders heading to downtown Cleveland on the RTA’s Red Line may have noticed quite a few more pops of color adorning…
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An Overlooked Classic, “Nervous Conditions” Is A Book That Deserves A Second Life In The Mainstream
by Gail Arnoff “I was not sorry when my brother died.” So begins Tsi Tsi Dangarembga’s semi-autobiographical novel Nervous Conditions,…
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“I’m Not Racist” Documentary Features Millennial Views On Privilege, Power And Identity
In one compelling segment from the 2014 documentary, “I’m Not Racist…Am I?” high school students huddle around a board game…
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The Gay Revolution
Faderman crystalizes this trajectory in the words of activist Frank Kameny: ‘We started with nothing, and look what we have wrought!’
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When Children Feel Invisible: Joesiah Poulson at the 80th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
by Ali McClain The beginning movements of this essay began with a complex question: Which author’s reading from the 80th…
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Author Daniel Mendelsohn On Writing And Discovering The Holocaust Anew
Cultural critic Daniel Mendelsohn paused in Cleveland this October before his written remarks to take in the stunning, restored Temple-Tifereth…
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REVIEW: “A Ballerina’s Tale: The Incredible Rise Of Misty Copeland”
“A Ballerina’s Tale” is a delightfully intimate portrait of Misty Copeland—full of close-ups, uncomfortable silence, and peeks behind the curtain…