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VIDEO: Rita Dove And Kwame Anthony Appiah Honored With National Medals of...
Watch Anisfield-Wolf jury member Rita Dove get presented with the 2011 National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama and Kwame Anthony Appiah be presented with the 2011 National Medal of Humanities.
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What Are Your Top Ten Favorite Books – Of All Time?
The website and corresponding book, “The Top Ten,” tackles that very question, asking celebrated writers to list their favorite 10 books. It’s so simple yet incredibly fascinating to see which authors...
View ArticleVIDEO: Henry Louis Gates Jr. Sheds Light In “Finding Your Roots”
It’s so often repeated that it has lost most of its meaning, but the old saying is true: “You can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.” Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Skip Gates’...
View ArticleWhy We’re Very Lucky To Have Henry Louis Gates Jr As Our Jury Chair
We know we highlighted him a few weeks ago, but is something to be said for a man who is so passionate, so prolific, so generous with his time, that he dedicates a significant portion of his time...
View ArticleADVICE FROM THE WINNERS: Writing Realistic Characters
Anisfield-Wolf jury member Joyce Carol Oates explains how writers can get in touch with the core of their characters, using examples from her book, The Gravedigger’s Daughter. “If you allow your...
View ArticleVIDEO: Is Our Society Less Violent Than Any Other Time In History?
The events of the past few months have really been hard on the nation’s psyche. An uptick in mass murders and violence seems to have everyone on edge and debating what everything really means. But our...
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Anisfield-Wolf Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr. Has Portrait Unveiled At...
Source: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery We’ve long felt honored to have Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of the nation’s most preeminent African American scholars, as our jury chair. Having met him...
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Joyce Carol Oates’ Latest Novel, “The Accursed,” Has Fans Buzzing
Cover photo courtesy HarperCollins Publishers Chances are, Joyce Carol Oates’ latest work is unlike anything you’ve ever read before. “The Accursed” takes readers on a wild ride through Princeton,...
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New Film Recovers The Story Of Classical Music’s Forgotten Black Virtuoso
At age 2, Joshua Coyne was removed from his Kansas City home with broken legs and hips. His foster mother was responsible. He was placed in the care of Jane Coyne, a single woman with a love of...
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New PBS Series Spans 500 Years Of African-American History
Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Henry Louise Gates Jr. has been busy the past few months, filming episodes of his new PBS series, “The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.” The six-part documentary will...
View ArticleVIDEO: Rita Dove’s 2013 Emory University Commencement Address
Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Rita Dove delivered the 2013 commencement address to the graduates of Emory University in Atlanta. The Anisfield-Wolf jury member...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Rita Dove
Anisfield-Wolf juror Rita Dove is 61 today. Her father, chemist Ray Dove, took her and her brother from Akron, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. when she was 11, where Mr. Dove participated in the March for...
View ArticleNew PBS Series, “Many Rivers To Cross,” Explores The Depth Of...
If you follow Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Twitter or Facebook, you are probably already privy to the bevy of heavy hitters he has recruited for his new PBS series, “The African Americans: Many Rivers To...
View ArticleRita Dove Lauded In New Documentary On Her Formative Years
Filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley knew he wanted to make a film on Rita Dove. So the director of documentaries on former NAACP chairman Julian Bond and revolutionary Che Guevara decided to finance the...
View ArticleHenry Louis Gates Jr. Wins Peabody Award For “Many Rivers To Cross” Documentary
Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.— who served as executive producer, host, and writer for “The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” —learned this week that his six-part documentary won the highest...
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REVIEW: “The Sense of Style” by Steven Pinker
by Terry Pederson If you dreaded English class and still stumble over there, their and they’re, then Steven Pinker’s “The Sense of Style” may not be the best use of your leisure time. But if you love...
View ArticleAnisfield-Wolf Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr. Has Portrait Unveiled At...
We’ve long felt honored to have Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of the nation’s most preeminent African American scholars, as our jury chair. Having met him numerous times over the past few years, I’m...
View ArticleJoyce Carol Oates’ Latest Novel, “The Accursed,” Has Fans Buzzing
Chances are, Joyce Carol Oates’ latest work is unlike anything you’ve ever read before. “The Accursed” takes readers on a wild ride through Princeton, N.J., in the years 1905-1906, viewed through a...
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New Film Recovers The Story Of Classical Music’s Forgotten Black Virtuoso
At age 2, Joshua Coyne was removed from his Kansas City home with broken legs and hips. His foster mother was responsible. He was placed in the care of Jane Coyne, a single woman with a love of...
View ArticleNew PBS Series Spans 500 Years Of African-American History
Anisfield-Wolf jury chair Henry Louise Gates Jr. has been busy the past few months, filming episodes of his new PBS series, “The African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.” The six-part documentary will...
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