Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards is the only American book prize focusing on works that address racism and diversity. Jury chair: @NTrethewey
Cleveland, Ohio
Joined January 2011
Now in its 90th year, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards continue to elevate authors whose work ignites national and global conversations on identity, history, and justice. Congratulations to this year's winners! . Learn more here:
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This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards!. Join us September 19-20 for an anniversary weekend celebrating writers who shaped our understanding of race, culture, and identity. Explore the in-community events:
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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards celebrations September 19-20 during Cleveland Book Fest will feature intimate conversations between past AWBA winners, jury and author book signings, and community author events showcasing the 2025 AWBA Class. Learn more here:
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We are 53 days away from the 90th Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony! . Did you know that Toni Morrison's Beloved was the 53rd Annual AWBA Fiction winner? Beloved is a novel about slavery, history, community, possession, and, ultimately, about love.
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Over the years, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winners and finalists have taken part in @TheCityClub forums to share their stories. This fall, Jonathan Schroeder will share his award-winning book in, Rediscovering Resistance: How Uncovering Slave Narratives Informs Our World Today.
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RT @ClevelandScene: Cleveland Book Week to graduate to month-long Cleveland Book Fest this September
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Can a month make Clevelanders more literary? "We've come together to find out," one program director said
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Where is your favorite place to find your next book? Do you get lost in the stacks at the library, stroll through the shelves at a local book store, or sift through second hand books in a resale shop? . Check out the AWBA winners for your next search!
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Cleveland Book Fest has transformed into a multi-organization initiative designed to showcase literary excellence in Northeast Ohio. Established authors and publishing professionals will spend September promoting literature in Cleveland. Learn more:
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The 90th Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Host Committee had their first meeting this week! Featuring past AWBA program directors and literary leaders from across Greater Cleveland, the host committee is working to make AWBA an engaging experience.
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What books are on your Summer Reading List? . AWBA Program Director, Kortney Morrow and past Director, Karen Long, joined Kate Schlademan of The Learned Owl Book Shop and Manuel Chinchilla of Hexagon Books on @soundofideas to share their recommendations!.
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What are you reading this summer? Tuesday on the "Sound of Ideas," we'll discuss summer reading recommendations with local book lovers. We'll also explore healthy reading habits, books for all ages,...
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The 90th Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony is in 75 days! . Did you know that Oprah Winfrey received the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 75th Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards? . Learn more about AWBA and this year's winners here:
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What's on your summer reading list? . Check out the AWBA canon for some award-winning books to add to your stack! .
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There are 80 days until the 90th Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony! . The 80th AWBA was the first year Poetry was its own category! During the 2015 awards, Marilyn Chin and Jericho Brown won the AWBA for Poetry for their incredible works.
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At the heart of Janice Harrington’s collection is the yard show: an African American vernacular aesthetic practice of decorating outdoor space, making use of reclaimed and repurposed objects—the detritus, both natural and man made, of everyday life.
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Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Center was founded in 2020 by Rachel Cargle to amplify marginalized voices. Akron's only Black-owned, woman-owned, and queer-owned bookstore; they believe in the power of storytelling to foster connection.
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What is the next Anisfield-Wolf Book on your to-be-read list? . Kimberly from Cleveland Public Library is excited to read 2011 AWBA winner for Nonfiction, Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Learn more about this book here:
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There are 90 days until the start of our 90th Anniversary Weekend celebrations! . Save the date for September 19 as we award the five incredible authors and stay tuned as we announce more AWBA events taking place during Cleveland Book Fest!.
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All She Wrote Books is a queer-owned bookstore in Massachusetts. Celebrating their 5 year anniversary this year, they offer intersectional, inclusive feminist and queer books that amplify underrepresented voices in literature and poetry. Learn more:
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This Juneteenth, we honor the legacy of emancipation and celebrate the joy, resilience, and resistance that continue to shape African American life today. Explore our reading list filled with voices that confront the history of slavery and the enduring struggle for freedom.
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Danzy Senna delivers incisive commentary on race, art-making, parenting, marriage, and Hollywood through the lens of her middle-aged novelist protagonist, Jane in Colored Television. Learn more about this award-winning book here:
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Rita Dove shares, "Alive at the End of the World is an aching reminder that a queer Black man leads a meta existence; he cannot live without thinking about living, constantly negotiating the everyday with an eye to the peril that can intrude at any time.".
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