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The Art of Reviewing Literature in Translation

Zoom

The National Book Critics Circle is pleased to announce that it will be launching a new prize for work in translation starting with the 2022 publishing year. The Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize will honor the best book of any genre translated into English and published in the United States. In honor of the

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REGISTER: The Critic As Artist Panel Followed by 2021 NBCC Award Announcements

January 20, 2022. 7 pm EST Please join President David Varno and the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors for a virtual panel celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing followed by the announcement of the Balakian award by 2015 winner Carlos Lozada and of the finalists for

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NBCC at AWP22 On Comics Criticism: Graphic Novels as Both Literature and Pop

121BC, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level 1101 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

121BC, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level Saturday, March 26, 2022 12:10 pm to 1:25 pm Eastern https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/event_detail/21792 The medium of comics is well-established as presenting works of literary value, but critical writing can be mired in a defensive position (not just for kids; not just illustration; not just a fad). Critics and culture writers discuss

Celebrating the NBCC’s Emerging Critics: How Is a Book Critic Made?

Celebrating the NBCC’s Emerging Critics: How is a Book Critic Made? A conversation featuring the NBCC’s Emerging Critics Past and Present. Thursday, April 7th at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT. Online.   With Emerging Critics Fellowship program founder, past NBCC president, and current board member Elizabeth Taylor and Emerging Critics from each cohort, describing how

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Brooklyn Book Festival: A Bookend Event with Debut Authors

John Leonard Prize winners and nominees Torrey Peters, Larissa Pham, and Kirstin Valdez Quade join the National Book Critics Circle to talk about what happens after the debut. How have their careers changed? What are they working on now? What are some problems they've encountered as they've begun to contemplate what's next? Moderated by NBCC

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Criticism in Isolation: An NBCC Craft Panel

Zoom

  Criticism in Isolation looks at one book, reviewed from multiple angles, to put readers in the minds of critics and showcase the many different ways to write a review. In this discussion, critics discuss their approach to reviewing Margo Jefferson’s Constructing a Nervous System. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MjwnLP4RSnyTZbaY6YFwpA Our panelists include: Walton Muyumba, Former NBCC

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2022 NBCC Awards Finalists Announcement

Wildbound Live

Join us as we announce our finalists for the 2022 NBCC Awards—in fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poetry, and criticism—as well as for the John Leonard Prize for the best first book in any genre, the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award and Toni Morrison Achievement Award, and the

Trans Literature Now: A Panel Discussion

Zoom

“Trans Literature Now” invites experts from different sectors of the literary business for an interdisciplinary conversation about living, writing, reading, and publishing trans life today. Kay Gabriel, C. Riley Snorton, Denne Michele Norris, Casey Plett, and Neon Yang will be in discussion with moderator Jo Livingstone. Co-sponsored by the National Book Critics’ Circle and Barnard’s

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Say The Right Thing

Zoom

In this NBCC Zoom event, two NYU scholars—and the authors of the forthcoming book Say the Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity, and Justice—argue that sweeping legal changes aren’t the only way to make our country more fair and inclusive. It’s also day-to-day, person-to-person conversations that can move an entire society toward a brighter

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The National Book Critics Circle Presents Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and Namwali Serpell, Moderated by Jane Ciabattari

Ballroom 2 & 3, Level 5, Seattle Convention Center

A literary partner featured event focused on two National Book Critics Circle's honorees who work in multiple genres, moderated by NBCC VP/Events Jane Ciabattari, featuring NBCC Fiction Award winner Honorée Fanonne Jeffers and NBCC Criticism finalist Namwali Serpell. They'll focus on writing in multiple genres (both write innovative fiction and cultural criticism; Jeffers also is