Hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., THE 88TH ANNUAL ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS features the personal stories of the 2023 recipients of the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and explores diversity. Viewers are transported to Iowa, Massachusetts, Ohio and New Hampshire to hear the inspiring and revealing stories of this year's honorees, which include Geraldine Brooks, Lan Samantha Chang, Matthew F. Delmont, Saeed Jones, and Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Members of the Anisfield-Wolf jury include chairman Henry Louis Gates, Jr., poet Rita Dove, novelist Joyce Carol Oates, and psychologist Steven Pinker.
