ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds.

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom. THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds.

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom. THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

INTRODUCING OUR CLASS OF 2021 The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 86th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2021 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are:Vincent Brown, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of An Atlantic Slave War,” co-winner, Non INTRODUCING OUR CLASS OF 2020 Introducing Our Class Of 2020. The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2020 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are: Eric Foner, Lifetime Achievement. “The new Anisfield-Wolf winners bring us fresh insights

on

EPISODE 8: HISTORIAN CHARLES KING Charles King, the 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner for nonfiction, joins The Asterisk* to discuss the importance of practicing empathy, what it’s like being married to an anthropologist, writing his books in the Library of Congress and what American authoritarianism looks like. A first-generation college student, King grew up on a small cattle farm in the Ozark foothills

near

THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

THE OLD DRIFT

The novelist, literary critic and short story writer Namwali Serpell was born in Zambia 16 years after her country threw off colonial rule. She is the daughter of a British-born Zambian psychologist, Robert, and a Zambian economist, Namposya Nampanya-Serpell. KAREN LONG – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the AUTHOR ANGIE THOMAS SHARES INSPIRATION FOR “THE HATE U In December, a suburban Houston school district yanked copies of the young-adult novel “The Hate U Give” from all 25 of its school libraries. In January – after a student-led outcry – copies were back in the high schools of Katy, Texas, albeit paired with a parental consent form. The consternation ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds.

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom. THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds.

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom. THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

INTRODUCING OUR CLASS OF 2021 The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 86th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2021 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are:Vincent Brown, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of An Atlantic Slave War,” co-winner, Non INTRODUCING OUR CLASS OF 2020 Introducing Our Class Of 2020. The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2020 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are: Eric Foner, Lifetime Achievement. “The new Anisfield-Wolf winners bring us fresh insights

on

EPISODE 8: HISTORIAN CHARLES KING Charles King, the 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner for nonfiction, joins The Asterisk* to discuss the importance of practicing empathy, what it’s like being married to an anthropologist, writing his books in the Library of Congress and what American authoritarianism looks like. A first-generation college student, King grew up on a small cattle farm in the Ozark foothills

near

THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

THE OLD DRIFT

The novelist, literary critic and short story writer Namwali Serpell was born in Zambia 16 years after her country threw off colonial rule. She is the daughter of a British-born Zambian psychologist, Robert, and a Zambian economist, Namposya Nampanya-Serpell. KAREN LONG – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the AUTHOR ANGIE THOMAS SHARES INSPIRATION FOR “THE HATE U In December, a suburban Houston school district yanked copies of the young-adult novel “The Hate U Give” from all 25 of its school libraries. In January – after a student-led outcry – copies were back in the high schools of Katy, Texas, albeit paired with a parental consent form. The consternation ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended INTRODUCING OUR CLASS OF 2021 The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 86th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2021 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are:Vincent Brown, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of An Atlantic Slave War,” co-winner, Non EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

AFRICAN ARK

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

SCOTTSBORO – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

EPISODE 8: HISTORIAN CHARLES KING Charles King, the 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner for nonfiction, joins The Asterisk* to discuss the importance of practicing empathy, what it’s like being married to an anthropologist, writing his books in the Library of Congress and what American authoritarianism looks like. A first-generation college student, King grew up on a small cattle farm in the Ozark foothills

near

THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

GEORGE LAMMING

George Lamming is an illustrious Caribbean novelist, poet and cultural critic from Barbados.He was just 23 and living in London when he wrote “In the Castle of My Skin.”It draws on his island childhood of mixed African and English parentage, and reflects on post-colonial and neo-colonial questions of identity. REVIEW: “WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST” TAKES READERS Patrisse Khan-Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, is no stranger to resistance. Her searing new memoir, “When They Call You a Terrorist,” makes that plain. Khan-Cullors, along with organizers Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, created the call to action after the 2013 acquittal of AUTHOR ANGIE THOMAS SHARES INSPIRATION FOR “THE HATE U In December, a suburban Houston school district yanked copies of the young-adult novel “The Hate U Give” from all 25 of its school libraries. In January – after a student-led outcry – copies were back in the high schools of Katy, Texas, albeit paired with a parental consent form. The consternation BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

SONG FROM THE EARTH

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE Charles S. Johnson. Born: 1893. Died: 1956. Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a sociologist and activist who, along with W.E.B. Du Bois and E. Franklin Frazier (the first recipient of the John Anisfield Prize), is considered one of the founders of the study of race relations in the United States. Johnson was born in Bristol, Virginia, and attended INTRODUCING OUR CLASS OF 2021 The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 86th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2021 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity are:Vincent Brown, “Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of An Atlantic Slave War,” co-winner, Non EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

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The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

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for social justice.

EPISODE 8: HISTORIAN CHARLES KING Charles King, the 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner for nonfiction, joins The Asterisk* to discuss the importance of practicing empathy, what it’s like being married to an anthropologist, writing his books in the Library of Congress and what American authoritarianism looks like. A first-generation college student, King grew up on a small cattle farm in the Ozark foothills

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THE NEGRO COLLEGE GRADUATE The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

GEORGE LAMMING

George Lamming is an illustrious Caribbean novelist, poet and cultural critic from Barbados.He was just 23 and living in London when he wrote “In the Castle of My Skin.”It draws on his island childhood of mixed African and English parentage, and reflects on post-colonial and neo-colonial questions of identity. REVIEW: “WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST” TAKES READERS Patrisse Khan-Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, is no stranger to resistance. Her searing new memoir, “When They Call You a Terrorist,” makes that plain. Khan-Cullors, along with organizers Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, created the call to action after the 2013 acquittal of AUTHOR ANGIE THOMAS SHARES INSPIRATION FOR “THE HATE U In December, a suburban Houston school district yanked copies of the young-adult novel “The Hate U Give” from all 25 of its school libraries. In January – after a student-led outcry – copies were back in the high schools of Katy, Texas, albeit paired with a parental consent form. The consternation BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

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Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the KAREN LONG – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

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Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

Tracy K. Smith, who won an Anisfield-Wolf award the following year, noted, “‘ Deaf Republic ’ is conscience, terror, silence, rage, made to coexist moments of tenderness, piercing beauty, emphatic lyricism.”. The carefully drawn pictographs in “ Deaf Republic ” conclude the book. The reader who has paid attention should be able to

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the KAREN LONG – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th NEWS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS Virtual Cleveland Book Week Kicks Off September 29. August 26, 2020. The fifth annual literary celebration returns this year from Sept. 29-Oct. 4, and will celebrate our 2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. John Lewis Hopes To Encourage “Good Trouble” In New Documentary.

July 16, 2020.

EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

PODCAST – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS An asterisk is a reference mark, indicating an omission. The Asterisk* is hosted by Karen R. Long, the manager of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and former book editor of The Cleveland Plain Dealer. Long continues as a literary critic, writing for Newsday, Kirkus and The Los Angeles Times. In 2016, she finished a seven-year stretch as a

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

EPISODE 6: HISTORIAN LILLIAN FADERMAN Lillian Faderman, the 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner for nonfiction, joins The Asterisk* to discuss why she started writing, her biography of Harvey Milk and the Supreme Court.She also recommends ways to read to grasp LGBTQ history. A leading scholar of that history, Faderman is celebrated for paying attention to lesbian history and activism.

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom.

DOROTHY WEST

Dorothy West. Born: 1907. Died: 1998. The only child of Rachel Pease Benson and Isaac Christopher West, Dorothy West started her education in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of two under the tutelage of Bessie Trotter, sister of William Monroe Trotter, the militant editor of the Boston Guardian. After attending Farragut and Martin Schools

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Today, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards continue to recognize the Martin Luther Kings of society, the writers and orators who advocate for equality for all men and women regardless of their creed, color, disability or sexual orientation. The recipient of the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award, Wole Soyinka, is a prime

example.

BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the KAREN LONG – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. For 86 years, the distinguished books earning Anisfield-Wolf prizes have opened and challenged our minds. ABOUT – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSSEE MORE ON ANISFIELD-WOLF.ORG

SUBMISSIONS

Guidelines The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognizes outstanding works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Submissions of books published in 2021 are not yet open. For books published th EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WINNERS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

WATCH THE 2020 ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

DEAF REPUBLIC

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

KAREN R. LONG

Karen R. Long manages the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, the only juried prize given each year for the best books to confront racism and contribute to our understanding of rich human cultures. She supports the jury deliberations, the celebration of the KAREN LONG – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the

SUBMISSIONS

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

EDUCATION – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

NEWS – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

SCOTTSBORO – ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and human diversity. Cleveland poet and philanthropist Edith Anisfield Wolf established the book awards in 1935, in honor of her father, John Anisfield, and husband, Eugene Wolf, to reflect her family’s passion

for social justice.

EPISODE 6: HISTORIAN LILLIAN FADERMAN Lillian Faderman, the 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winner for nonfiction, joins The Asterisk* to discuss why she started writing, her biography of Harvey Milk and the Supreme Court.She also recommends ways to read to grasp LGBTQ history. A leading scholar of that history, Faderman is celebrated for paying attention to lesbian history and activism.

DOROTHY WEST

The only child of Rachel Pease Benson and Isaac Christopher West, Dorothy West started her education in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of two under the tutelage of Bessie Trotter, sister of William Monroe Trotter, the militant editor of the Boston Guardian.After attending Farragut and Martin Schools, she went to Girls’ Latin School, from which she graduated in 1923.

ORLANDO PATTERSON

Orlando Patterson is a public intellectual and the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1969. Praised across the humanities as a Renaissance scholar, Patterson has written globally influential books on slavery and its opposite pole, freedom.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Taylor Branch and Isabel Wilkerson were special guests of the Diane Rehm Show on NPR to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s legacy. One of our favorite quotes from the episode, from Isabel Wilkerson: “Ultimately, what Martin Luther King and the thousands upon thousands of unnamed, unknown people who buttressed his strength and his courage, what they were fighting was a structure that BOOKS VS. MOVIES: HOW WILL “THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST 2008 Anisfield-Wolf award winner Mohsin Hamid's groundbreaking work, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is getting the Hollywood treatment. The story follows a young Pakistani as he grapples with life after 9/11. Starring Riz Ahmed as Changez, the IT APPEARS YOU ARE USING AN OLDER BROWSER. THIS SITE IS OPTIMIZED FOR

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