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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Save the date! On Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. Pacific/7 p.m. Eastern, please join us on Zoom for "Criticism 101: Book Review Fundamentals," led by Heather Scott Partington, former NBCC president and current treasurer and fiction chair.

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Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

"It’s terrifying to realize that you’re no longer an authority on yourself." @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social's interview with @richard-siken.bsky.social on his new book "I Do Know Some Things" (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/08/27/a...

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An Encyclopedia of the Self: An Interview with Richard Siken About "I Do Know Some Things" - Chicago Review of Books

Our interview with Richard Siken about his new collection, "I Do Know Some Things."

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

@maris.bsky.social's new collection, out from @eccobooks.bsky.social right now!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I loved talking with @maris.bsky.social about her debut (debut? how?) essay collection, which packs a wallop in a trim package (much like the author herself). You will love this book, too. Thanks to my @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for the opportunity!

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StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

In this last video of the day, Rebecca Makkai explains the overarching mission of our organization, and truly, how your donations help us continue our work of building a writing community. Stories Matter Foundation is truly for ANYONE who values the power of stories. buff.ly/MaO89HN

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n+1 @nplusonemag.com · 04/05/2025

Our NEA grant was canceled. Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Such an honor to speak with Dr. Eve L. Ewing about ORIGINAL SINS for my beloved @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social.

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This is simply wonderful news!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Joy! Announcing the 2024 Barrios shortlist! I'm so proud of our longlist committee & we had a spectacular time reading these books. Congratulations to the writers, translators & publishers! If you're an @bookcritics.bsky.social member in good standing, why don't you join us to determine the winner?

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Check out our @bookcritics.bsky.social 2024 finalists: though my heart bleeds Barrios, so extraordinarily proud of all of our titles, and my beloved fellow board members, who are smart, intent, and so collaborative. Read these books!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Literary and arts administrator friends, do take a look at this opportunity at The Flow Chart Foundation: www.flowchartfoundation.org/interim

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Job Opportunities at Flow Chart — THE FLOW CHART FOUNDATION

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Squeezing in one last Substack entry for 2024, with my year in reading reflections for the year. I'm planning on returning to monthly craft essays in the new year, so more soon! Thanks for reading, as always!

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#46: Reflection Creates Retention (My 2024 Year in Reading)

Happy holidays and Happy New Year!

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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

#theatre new podcast episode: wherein i read scenes 1-12 from my play with songs THRUSH. open.spotify.com/show/28W8hp9...

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Caridad Svich @csvich.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

"it feels as if the play is sitting in front of me and we are having a chat," says a colleague of mine about HUMAN INTEREST STORY. join us for an hour. on demand. with distance over time. handmade theatre/film. vimeo.com/ondemand/hum...

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Watch Human Interest Story Online | Vimeo On Demand

Meet RK. Here. In this place shared by you and I. RK would like to share a story with you about some things that happened once. Perhaps some of this story…

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Rebecca Hussey @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I really loved this episode — pretty much everything the hosts said resonated with my experiences and feelings about the election, community, activism, etc.

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Jennifer Feeley @jenniferfeeley.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Honored & stunned to see Mourning a Breast listed among so many stellar titles, authors & translators 💖 This is for our beloved Xi Xi ✨

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/19/2...

Covers of the books on the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize.

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

What an honor to run @bookcritics.bsky.social's Barrios Book in Translation Prize celebrating translators & authors! We're so proud of our 2024 longlist: a joyous cornucopia of languages, genres, publishers. Also😍& applause to our AMAZING longlist committee, a mix of member critics & board members!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It is such a beautiful experience, every year. I still can't believe that Bernadette Mayer isn't physically in this world anymore.

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Poetry mavens rejoice! Here is our @bookcritics.bsky.social 2024 poetry longlist, with tremendous appreciation for our terrific and deeply committed chair, @davidwoo.bsky.social!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The thrill of serving on this committee, led by my dear friend and brilliant colleague, @jolivingstone.bsky.social. What a terrific year for nonfiction...these are some of the finest of the books we read for @bookcritics.bsky.social!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Yes, it is! Kudos to @etayloretaylor.bsky.social and the entire biography team at @bookcritics.bsky.social for this longlist!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Such a fun year to read autobiography—the array of books, authors and publishers is so delightful.

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Our @bookcritics.bsky.social biography longlist has been released, a committee led by my dear colleague, Elizabeth Taylor!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It was amazing to serve on this committee under the leadership of @mayleechai.bsky.social. Amazing books.

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The Ohio State University Press @ohiostatepress.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

How wonderful that fully half of these books are from small presses. (In addition to us, U. of Iowa Press, @deepvellum.bsky.social, Fern Books, @beltpublishing.bsky.social all have books on the list. Shout out to @mayleechai.bsky.social and the rest of the committee. @atrubek.bsky.social

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

So honored to have served on this committee, led by my dear friend and @bookcritics.bsky.social colleague @mayleechai.bsky.social. Our autobiography longlist!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Check out our 2024 Fiction Longlist! Congratulations to all the authors and publishers, as well as our fiction committee, chaired by my friend and @bookcritics.bsky.social colleague, David Varno!

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Check out our 2024 longlist for Criticism! Truly remarkable books from a committee led by my dear friend and @bookcritics.bsky.social colleague @jhowardrosier.bsky.social. Which ones have you read?

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David Woo @davidwoo.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

At the National Book Critics Circle awards ceremony in March. Today we begin announcing this year's longlists. The superb poetry longlist will be announced on Wednesday, December 18, 2 p.m. ET.

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thanks to @amybrady.bsky.social for asking me to review the new Jay Rubin translation of Haruki Murakami's END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND for Scientific American, a magazine my dad read throughout my childhood. So fun to get to write for it! www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...

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Book Review: An Expansive New Translation of a Haruki Murakami Classic

In End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland, the title is flipped, but cyberpunk pleasures remain

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Mandana @recycledgiraffe.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

On giving Tuesday, please do support free expression & literature, especially small presses, literary magazines & fair journalism. And if you might, do consider supporting @bookcritics.bsky.social & the work we do. Criticism matters. Art matters. People and their unique and wonderful voices, matter.

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It’s @theferocity.bsky.social day. Happy birthday Saeed!

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