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ABOUT THIS EVENT
NBCC Awards Finalists Announcement and Panel on Book Reviewing
Please join President David Varno and the National Book Critics Circle the Board of Directors for a virtual panel celebrating of the 30th anniversary of the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing followed by the announcement of the finalists for our 2021 awards by previous winners Morgan Parker (Poetry) and Patrick Radden Keefe (Nonfiction).
Panel on Book Reviewing
The Critic as Artist: What We've Learned in 30 Years of Reviewing
How have critical standards shifted in the past three decades? What considerations must a reviewer include in an assessment of a book? How has the craft of criticism evolved? A conversation among winners of NBCC's Balakian Award for Excellence in Reviewing, first awarded in 1991, moderated by NBCC president David Varno.
Jo Livingstone (2020). Critic for The New Republic
Daniel Mendelsohn (2000). Critic for New York Review of Books
Parul Sehgal (2010). Critic for The New Yorker
Katy Waldman (2018). Critic for The New Yorker
Moderated by NBCC President David Varno, fiction editor, Publishers Weekly.
Remarks on Nona Balakian by poet Peter Balakian, her nephew.
The 2021 “Finalists Unveiled” Announcements
During the ceremony on January 20th, 2022, NBCC will be announcing:
Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing / Winner announced by Carlos Lozada
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award / Winner announced by Jacob M. Appel
Toni Morrison Award / Winner announced by Jacob M. Appel
Finalist announcements for the John Leonard Prize and the Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry awards by Morgan Parker and Patrick Radden Keefe.
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Register for free to attend the virtual 2021 NBCC Finalists Announcements on January 20th, 2021 at 7pm ET. Registration is free, though a donation to NBCC is welcomed.
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MORE ABOUT NBCC
The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC), a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature. It was founded in 1974 to encourage and raise the quality of book criticism in all media and to create a way for critics to communicate with one another about their professional concerns. It consists of more than 700 active book reviewers, plus approximately 200 student members and supporting friends.
Regular voting membership is open to professional book review editors and book reviewers. Also available are non-voting memberships for those in the publishing field and a non-voting student membership. If you would like to join, please visit www.bookcritics.org.
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