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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards

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Dee Perry shares a few of her favorite interviews from over the years with some of the winners of the annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awardsprior to this year's ceremony happening next month. We hear from Haitian-born novelist Edwidge Danticat a 2005 winner for The Dew Breaker; Pittsburgh novelist and essayist William Dembythe 2006 Lifetime Achievement winner; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichiethe Nigerian-born novelist and 2007 fiction winner for Half of a Yellow Sun; and Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamedthe 2008 fiction winner for The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Dave DeOreo is coordinating producer for Ideastream Public Media’s arts and culture team.