Ten finalists have been named for the 2025 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Why it matters: The AWBA, based in Cleveland, is the only national endowed juried prize recognizing books that explore the topics ...

A documentary about the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Pulitzer Prize Winner, United States Poet Laureate and best-selling author, Natasha Trethewey picks up the mantel from Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to ...

There is a new director, and three new jurors, for the Cleveland-based Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, a prize recognizing books that have made important contributions to the understanding of racism and ...

This year's Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards recognize six writers. Top row from left: Danzy Senna, Yusef Komunyakaa and John Swanson Jacobs. Bottom row from left: Janice Harrington, Tessa Hulls and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Until early in 2023, I didn’t realize the literary landscape here nurtured poets and writers the way it does. From East Side to West Side, I can find a writers group (or a book club) ...

A documentary hosed by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. about the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. hosts a documentary about the 88th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The ...