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SUMMARY:NBCC Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the New School Creative Writing program and others\, and produced by Wildbound Live. \nView the programs for the readings of finalists and the awards ceremony\, and watch the show here.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/nbcc-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Wildbound Live
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SUMMARY:AWP: Edwidge Danticat and Sarah M. Broom on Finding Home
DESCRIPTION:Two National Book Critics Circle award winning writers\, Haitian-born Edwidge Danticat and New Orleanian native Sarah M. Broom\, read from their work and engage in a conversation about finding home\, their inspiration\, research\, evolving forms\, the unique challenges of writing in these times\, and the imaginative process that shapes their originality\, what awards mean to writers. Consider this a double masterclass in the art of storytelling. \n\nSarah Broom\nEdwidge Danticat\nJane Ciabattari\, Introduction\nMarion Winik\, Moderator\n\nSarah Broom is a writer whose work has appeared in the New Yorker\, New York Times Magazine\, Oxford American\, and O Magazine\, among others. She is the recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the John Leonard Prize for Best First Book for her memoir\, The Yellow House. A native New Orleanian\, she received her Master of Journalism from the University of California\, Berkeley in 2004. She was awarded a Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant in 2016 and was a finalist for the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction in 2011. She has also been awarded fellowships at Djerassi Resident Artists Program and The MacDowell Colony. She lives in Harlem. \nEdwidge Danticat is the author of Breath\, Eyes\, Memory\, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!\, a National Book Award finalist; The Farming of Bones; The Dew Breaker; Create Dangerously; Claire of the Sea Light; the memoir Brother\, I’m Dying\, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography; and the story collection Everything Inside\, which won the NBCC’s fiction award. She also is the winner of the 2018 Neustadt International Prize and the 2019 St. Louis Literary Award. \nJane Ciabattari is the National Book Critics Circle VP/Awards & Events (and a former National Book Critics Circle president)\, the author of the story collection Stealing the Fire\, a regular contributor to BBC Culture and Lit Hub\, and a member of the Writers Grotto. She serves on the advisory boards of The Story Prize\, Bay Area Book Festival\, and Lit Camp\, and is a Pushcart Prize contributing editor. \nA University of Baltimore professor\, Marion Winik serves on the National Book Critics Circle Board. She is the author of The Big Book of the Dead\, winner of the 2019 Towson Prize for Literature. Among her nine other books are New York Times Notable First Comes Love (1996) and Above Us Only Sky (2020). Her essays have been published in The New York Times Magazine\, The Sun and elsewhere. A board member of the National Book Critics Circle\, she reviews for People\, Newsday\, The Washington Post\, Kirkus Reviews; she hosts The Weekly Reader podcast at WYPR. \nRegister at AWP.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/awp-edwidge-danticat-and-sarah-m-broom-on-finding-home/
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SUMMARY:NBCC Celebrates 2019 Awards & Announces 2020 Finalists
DESCRIPTION:On January 24\, the National Book Critics Circle held its first ever virtual awards ceremony\, honoring the 2019 award winners. Directly after the ceremony\, committee chairs announced the finalists for publishing year 2020. \nThe event was produced by Wildbound Live. Stream it now via Crowdcast. \n       \n\nCo-sponsored by The New School Creative Writing Program. \nProduced by Wildbound and Jane Ciabattari \nFilming by David Varno\, Kate Belew\, Megan Labrise \nAdditional graphics by Shannon McKenna \nWith support from \nAmazon Literary Partnership 2020 grant \nWith collaboration from \nLuis Jaramillo and Lori Lynn Turner\, The New School Creative Writing Program \nCherilyn Parsons and Scott Gelfand\, Bay Area Book Festival \nKaren Long\, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards \nBoston Book Festival \n\n\nBrooklyn Book Festival \nSteve Wasserman\, Heyday Books \nKentucky Book Festival \nTwin Cities Book Festival \nVirginia Festival for the Book \nWith special thanks to Fantastic Negrito\, two-time Grammy award winner\, for permission to use  “I’m So Happy I Cry” from his 2020 Grammy-nominated album\, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet. \nCredits:  “I’m So Happy I Cry” (Featuring Tarriona “Tank” Ball from Tank & The Bangas) \nMusic and Lyrics written by Fantastic Negrito – verse written by Tank. Songwriter and Producer\,Rhythm Guitar\, Lead Vocals and Background Vocals (with Tarriona “Tank” Ball)\, Percussion\,  Xavier Dphrepaulezz. Lead guitar Masa Kohama. Bass guitar\, Cornelius Mims. Hammond B3 organ\, Lionel Holoman Jr.Recorded at Blackball Universe. \nPhoto credits: Marisol Diaz\, John Midgley\, Beowulf Sheehan \n\n 
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/2019-awards-2020-finalists/
LOCATION:Wildbound Live
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SUMMARY:Tucson Festival of Books\, the Art of Book Reviewing
DESCRIPTION:Tucson Festival of Books\, the Art of Book Reviewing.\nSome writers wear many hats. Hear from authors who also work as editors\, reviewers\, and publishers. A panel discussion hosted by NBCC board member Mark Athitakis\, with Gregory McNamee\, Brandon Taylor\, and Barbara VanDenburgh. Sunday\, March 15\, 10 a.m.\, University of Tucson. \nUPDATE: This event has been canceled due to concerns about the coronavirus.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/tucson-festival-of-books-the-art-of-book-reviewing/
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SUMMARY:Annual NBCC Membership Meeting [canceled]
DESCRIPTION:This event has been canceled. Please direct any questions to lhertzel@bookcritics.org or mwinik@ubalt.edu.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/annual-nbcc-membership-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200312T183000
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SUMMARY:Awards Announcement [online March 12] and Gala Fundraiser [Sept. 2020]
DESCRIPTION:The NBCC Awards will be announced online March 12 at 7 p.m. Eastern. \nThe annual gala fundraiser will be rescheduled for September. Please direct any questions to lhertzel@bookcritics.org or mwinik@ubalt.edu.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/the-awards-ceremony/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T183000
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SUMMARY:The Annual Finalist Reading [canceled]
DESCRIPTION:This event has been canceled. Please direct any questions to lhertzel@bookcritics.org or mwinik@ubalt.edu.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/the-annual-finalist-reading/
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SUMMARY:AWP2020 NBCC Featured Reading with Louise Erdrich and Alice McDermott
DESCRIPTION:A reading and conversation with novelists Louise Erdrich (NBCC fiction awards for Love Medicine and LaRose\, launching The Night Watchman) and Alice McDermott (NBCC fiction finalist for Someone and The Ninth Hour\, National Book Award for Charming Billy). Moderated by former NBCC President Kate Tuttle. Introductions by former NBCC President Jane Ciabattari.\n\n\nVisit Booth 1455 to meet NBCC members and board members and sign up for membership\, including “Friend of” and Student memberships and to learn about our new Emerging Critics program and 2019 awards.\n\n\nHemisFair Ballroom C3\, Henry B. González Center\, Ballroom Level. San Antonio\, TX
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/awp2020-nbcc-featured-reading-with-louise-erdrich-and-alice-mcdermott/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200305T134500
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SUMMARY:AWP 2020 Everyone's A Critic: Getting Started in Book Reviewing and Why You Should
DESCRIPTION:With Marion Winik\, Tess Taylor\, Richard Santos\, Claiborne Smith\, and Gregg Barrios \nWhether you are just emerging from an MFA program or are an established writer and teacher\, joining the national literary conversation by reviewing books can boost your career\, build your sense of community\, and even make you a little money. in this nuts and bolts session\, working critics and book editors describe their career paths\, discuss how to get galleys\, find markets and pitch book editors\, and touch on ethical aspects of reviewing. Useful online resources will be shared. \nRoom 207\, Henry B. González Convention Center\, Meeting Room Level
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/everyones-a-critic-getting-started-in-book-reviewing-and-why-you-should/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190903T080000
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SUMMARY:NBCC at AWP19 The Future of Criticism: A Conversation with Established and Emerging Critics
DESCRIPTION:In a moment of rapid change\, noted emerging and established critics gather and ask: What is the purpose of criticism now? How do we speak? To whom? Who do we imagine our audience(s) to be\, and how do we reach them? As modes and means of distributing information increase\, what forms of criticism have use and impact? And most importantly\, in a world in flux\, are critics activists? \nModerator:\nKate Tuttle\, President of the National Book Critics Circle\, writes about books for the Boston Globe. Her reviews have also appeared in the New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Washington Post\, and Newsday. Her essays on childhood\, race\, and politics have appeared in Dame\, the Rumpus\, and elsewhere. \nJane Ciabattari is a literary critic and author of the story collections Stealing the Fire and California Tales. She is National Book Critics Circle VP/Online (and a former NBCC president)\, a columnist for BBC Culture and The Literary Hub\, and a member of the San Francisco Writers Grotto. \nIsmail Muhammad is staff writer at the Millions\, contributing editor at ZYZZYVA\, and a Ph.D. candidate in English at U.C. Berkeley. His nonfiction and criticism have appeared in Slate\, Paris Review\, the Nation\, and other venues. He’s at work on a novel about the Great Migration. \nOscar Villalon is the managing editor of ZYZZYVA. He is a former book editor at the San Francisco Chronicle\, as well as a past board member of the National Book Critics Circle. He is also a contributing editor to Literary Hub. \nHope Wabuke is the author of The Leaving and Movement No.1: Trains. She received a National Endowment for the Arts Award in 2017\, and has been published widely in various magazines. She is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a contributing editor for The Root.
URL:https://www.bookcritics.org/event/nbcc-at-awp19-the-future-of-criticism-a-conversation-with-established-and-emerging-critics/
LOCATION:Oregon Convention Center (Level 1)\, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States
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