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SUMMARY:AWP 2024: How Book Reviewing is Changing and Why it Matters
DESCRIPTION:Like everything in publishing\, book reviews are in flux\, with mainstream venues reducing reviews in exchange for fawning interviews and book roundups that feel like marketing fluff pieces. This panel of book critics will discuss why they write book reviews\, the state of book reviewing today\, the need for diversity in book reviewers and in books reviewed\, and how criticism can help reshape an often myopic and inequitable industry. \n\nModerator: Alice Stephens is the author of the novel Famous Adopted People; a book reviewer\, essayist\, and short story writer; cofounder of the Adoptee Literary Festival; facilitator at the Adoptee Voices Writing Group; an editor at Bloom; and a member of the Starlings Collective.\n\nMartha Anne Toll‘s debut novel\, Three Muses\, won the Petrichor Prize and was shortlisted for the Gotham Book Prize. Her second novel\, Duet For One is due out spring 2025. She is a frequent book reviewer for NPR Books\, the Washington Post\, and others. She is on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. \n\n\nEricka Taylor lives in Washington\, DC\, where she writes fiction\, book reviews\, and opinion pieces. She is a regular contributor to NPR Books\, and her writing has appeared in YES! Media\, Willow Springs Magazine\, Bloom\, and The Millions. She serves on the board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. \n\n\nTope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington\, DC. He serves as the Lannan visiting lecturer in creative writing at Georgetown University and has garnered many awards for his writing\, including the Caine Prize for African Writing\, and the Whiting Award for Fiction.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/how-book-reviewing-is-changing-and-why-it-matters/
LOCATION:Room 3501 EF\, Kansas City Convention Center\, Level 3
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SUMMARY:AWP 2024: Where Is Literary Criticism Headed?
DESCRIPTION:In its fiftieth anniversary year\, the National Book Critics Circle gathers literary critics who have been defining the future of contemporary cultural criticism. Three NBCC criticism award chairs\, who have had their fingers on the pulse of critical engagement for the past decade\, are joined by three NBCC-honored critics in a reading and wide-ranging conversation about the future of the form. \n  \nCamille T. Dungy is the author of Soil\, four collections of poetry\, including Trophic Cascade and the essay collection Guidebook to Relative Strangers\, a finalist for the NBCC Criticism award. A University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University\, Dungy’s honors include the 2021 Academy of American Poets Fellowship\, a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship\, an American Book Award\, and fellowships from the NEA in prose and poetry. \nThe winner of a Pulitzer Prize for criticism\, Margo Jefferson previously served as book and arts critic for Newsweek and the New York Times. Her writing has appeared in\, among other publications\, Vogue\, New York Magazine\, The Nation\, and Guernica. Her memoir\, Negroland\, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. She is also the author of On Michael Jackson and is a professor of writing at Columbia University School of the Arts. \nWalton Muyumba has published literary essays and reviews in The Atlantic\, The Boston Globe\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Nation\, The New York Review of Books\, Oxford American\, and Virginia Quarterly Review\, among other outlets. He co-edited and wrote the introduction to John Edgar Wideman’s collection\, You Made Me Love You: Selected Stories\, 1981–2018 (Scribner\, 2021). Muyumba is at work on various creative and critical book projects. He is Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor in the Department of English at Indiana University. \nModerator: J. Howard Rosier is the National Book Critics Circle’s criticism chair. His writing has appeared in The New York TImes\, the Atlantic\, The Nation\, Bookforum\, Poetry\, Words Without Borders\, and elsewhere. He teaches writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/where-is-literary-criticism-headed/
LOCATION:Ballroom B\, Level 2\, Kansas City Convention Center
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SUMMARY:AWP 2024: The Criticism of Translated Books: A Words Without Borders Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Three leading critics and translators—Sarah Chihaya (book critic and author of The Ferrante Letters)\, Laura Marris (translator of The Plague)\, and Justin Rosier (chair\, National Book Critics Circle Criticism Committee)—will discuss the challenges and benefits of reviewing translated literature with Words Without Borders Books Editor Adam Dalva. The conversation will focus on both the ethics of reviewing books in translation and practical tips on how to best write compelling contemporary criticism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator:Adam Dalva’s writing has appeared in the New Yorker\, Paris Review\, and New York Review of Books. He is the senior fiction editor of Guernica magazine\, serves on the board of the National Book Critics Circle\, and is the books editor of Words Without Borders. \n\n\nSarah Chihaya is an assistant professor of English at Princeton University and a senior editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. She is one of four authors of The Ferrante Letters: An Experiment in Collective Criticism. \n\n\nLaura Marris’s criticism appears in the New York Times\, the TLS\, and The Point. Her translations include Camus’s The Plague and To Live is to Resist\, a biography of Gramsci. She has received support from MacDowell and the Silvers Foundation. Her first solo-authored book is forthcoming from Graywolf. \n\n\nJ. Howard Rosier’s writing has appeared in the New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Poetry\, the Nation\, Words Without Borders\, and elsewhere. He is is a board member of the National Book Critics Circle and a lecturer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/the-criticism-of-translated-books-a-words-without-borders-conversation/
LOCATION:Room 2208\, Kansas City Convention Center\, Street Level
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SUMMARY:2023 NBCC Awards Finalists Reading
DESCRIPTION:Register for our finalists reading at this link: https://www.wildboundlive.com/events/nbcc2024. Doors open at 6 p.m.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/2023-nbcc-awards-finalists-reading/
LOCATION:The New School\, Starr Foundation Hall\, 63 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Register for our awards ceremony and reception at this link: https://www.wildboundlive.com/events/nbcc2024. Doors open at 6 p.m.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/2023-national-book-critics-circle-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:The New School Auditorium\, 66 West 12th St\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:NBCC John Leonard Prize Panel: A conversation with Zain Khalid and Tess Gunty\, moderated by Lauren LeBlanc
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URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/nbcc-john-leonard-prize-panel-a-conversation-with-zain-khalid-and-tess-gunty-moderated-by-lauren-leblanc/
LOCATION:Community Bookstore\, 143 7th Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11215\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T183000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation about Translation with Maureen Freely and Mandana Chaffa
DESCRIPTION:Join Maureen Freely\, translator of Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü\, winner of the 2023 Barrios Book in Translation Prize\, in conversation with Mandana Chaffa\, Vice President of the Barrios Book in Translation Prize\, on October 9\, 2024\, 6:30 pm ET \nAttendance free; registration required: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rZluUFwcRECWFc72AMmIvw
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/a-conversation-about-translation/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241025T203000
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SUMMARY:Where Is Literary Criticism Headed? An Interactive Roundtable Conversation
DESCRIPTION:In its fiftieth anniversary year\, the National Book Critics Circle gathers literary critics who have been defining the future of contemporary cultural criticism in recent years in a wide-ranging interactive roundtable conversation about the future of the form. With Jane Ciabattari\, Anita Felicelli\, Jonathan Leal\, and Oscar Villalon. Moderated by NBCC President Heather Scott Partington. Free reception to follow\, 8:30PM on. Registration opens September 10. Link on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1004791778257?aff=oddtdtcreator  \n \n 
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/where-is-literary-criticism-headed-an-interactive-roundtable-conversation/
LOCATION:Page Street SF\, 297 Page Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T123000
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SUMMARY:Boston Book Festival Panel: Celebrating The National Book Critics Circle 1974-2024: NBCC Past\, Present\, and Future
DESCRIPTION:The National Book Critics Circle\, founded in 1974\, brings together vital voices in cultural criticism and practitioners of literary arts in its annual prizes and other programming throughout the year. As the NBCC celebrates its 50th anniversary\, we propose a dynamic conversation for the Boston Book Festival\, gathering Boston-area critics and writers who have served on the NBCC\, been recognized for its prizes\, or both. Our discussion will offer insight about becoming a book critic\, how decisions are made about what books get reviewed\, the critic’s relationship to writing criticism and making art\, and whatever topics are raised in the Q&A period. The panel will be moderated by Kate Tuttle\, a past NBCC president and current editor of the books coverage of the Boston Globe. She will lead a discussion with literary critic and poet Stephanie Burt\, memorist and literary critic Nina MacLaughlin\, and essayist and cultural critic Jesse McCarthy.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/nbcc-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:Downtown / BackBay Boston
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T190000
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SUMMARY:NBCC at 50 & Brooklyn’s Indelible Influence
DESCRIPTION:The National Book Critics Circle was conceived and founded in April 1974. What began with founding members John Leonard\, Nona Balakian\, and Ivan Sandrof over drinks at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan became a national conversation between critics. 50 years later\, the National Book Critics Circle remains a force in American literary society through its awards\, but also its community. \nNow in its 50th anniversary year\, this panel conversation considers the influence that Brooklyn along with its critics and writers have brought to American literary culture. Today\, even after the move to remote work in 2020\, Brooklyn stands out as home to much of the publishing industry. In both formal and casual channels\, the borough has been a crucible for collaboration\, networking\, leverage\, and celebration of writers. National Book Critics Circle board members past and present\, including Michele Filgate\, Maris Kreizman\, David Varno\, Jo Livingstone\, Tobias Carroll\, and others will discuss the borough’s impact on books and criticism over the decades.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/nbcc-at-50-brooklyns-indelible-influence/
LOCATION:Central Library\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238
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SUMMARY:How to Survive in the Book Criticism Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Please join freelance book critics Tope Folarin\, Zoe Hu\, and Hillary Kelly\, as well as The Nation’s associate literary editor Kevin Lozano\, for a panel discussion about why the book criticism landscape has shrunk—and how to navigate it.. Moderated by NBCC board member Adam Dalva\, the panel will discuss the ongoing shift from substantive criticism to listicles and previews; why opportunities for freelance critics to get published and paid appropriately are diminishing\, and how we might reassert the importance of book criticism and help it flourish in the future.  This event is co-sponsored by the National Book Critics Circle and the Freelance Solidarity Project\, a division of the National Writers Union.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/how-to-survive-in-the-book-criticism-landscape/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:2024 NBCC Awards Finalists Reading
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now available. Register here. 
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/2024-nbcc-awards-finalists-reading/
LOCATION:The New School Auditorium\, 66 West 12th St\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nRegister for the ceremony here. Ticketed reception to follow.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/2024-national-book-critics-circle-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:The New School Auditorium\, 66 West 12th St\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
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SUMMARY:2025 AWP Conference | NBCC Fiftieth Anniversary: All-Stars Breaking New Ground in Fiction
DESCRIPTION:A special fiftieth-anniversary literary partner National Book Critics Circle featured reading at the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Los Angeles\, with all-star fiction writers Jonathan Escoffery\, Jonathan Lethem\, and Justin Torres\, three authors honored as NBCC finalists or award winners\, whose work is breaking new ground. Readings and conversation\, moderated by NBCC President Heather Scott Partington\, will cover inspiration\, research\, influences on their work\, writing in these times\, and evolving forms.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/2025-awp-conference-nbcc-fiftieth-anniversary-all-stars-breaking-new-ground-in-fiction/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T180000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation on Poetry Criticism
DESCRIPTION:Three of the most accomplished poetry critics today\, Stephanie Burt\, Anahid Nersessian\, and David Orr\, discuss being a poetry critic\, the state of poetry criticism\, and the pleasures and practicalities of becoming such a critic now. NBCC President Adam Dalva introduces the panel\, and NBCC board members Rebecca Morgan Frank and David Woo serve as moderaters. \nStephanie Burt is the author of fourteen books of poetry and literary criticism\, including Super Gay Poems and Don’t Read Poetry. A past judge for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry\, she served as a board member of the National Book Critics Circle\, is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and writes regularly for the New York Times Book Review\, The New Yorker\, London Review of Books\, The New York Review of Books\, Raritan\, and other publications. She is the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University. \n\n\n\nAnahid Nersessian was born and raised in New York City. She is the author of three books—Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse (Verso\, 2022; U of Chicago P\, 2021)\, The Calamity Form: On Poetry and Social Life (Chicago\, 2020)\, and Utopia\, Limited: Romanticism and Adjustment (Harvard UP\, 2015)—and is currently writing a book called How to Have Sex in a Poem\, under contract with FSG. The former poetry editor of Granta magazine\, she is also a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The London Review of Books\, New Left Review\, n+1\, The Los Angeles Review of Books\, The Paris Review\, Bidoun\, Poetry Magazine\, Mousse and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles\, where she is a professor in the Department of English at UCLA. \nDavid Orr is Professor of Poetry and the Practice of Criticism at Rutgers University and a longtime poetry critic for the New York Times Book Review\, among other publications. His first book\, Beautiful & Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry\, was named one of the twenty best books of 2011 by the Chicago Tribune; his subsequent books have been covered in outlets ranging from The Wall Street Journal to NPR to PBS NewsHour. He is the winner of the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing from the National Book Critics Circle and the Editor’s Prize for Reviewing from Poetry magazine. A native South Carolinian\, David lives Princeton\, New Jersey\, with his wife and daughter.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/a-conversation-on-poetry-criticism/
LOCATION:Zoom
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