If you have a question for speakers, thick on the q a button at the bottom of the screen and will get to as many as time allows. In the chat ill be posting a link to donate and support of the sensors and destroy. Your purchases make events like to let possible help ensure the future of a language independent bookstore. Thank you so much for showing up in june in in support of our authors and the triple step of booksellers at Harvard Bookstore. We appreciate your support now and always. Finally as you may have experienced in virtual gatherings, we will do our best to resolve technical issues and we appreciate your understanding. Im so pleased that it is tonight speakers, Nicholson Baker is the bestselling author of ten novels and numerous works of nonfiction including anthologies, the mezzanine, substitute, owing to score with 1 million kids and New York Times bestselling award. He is one the National Critics circle award, the hermit has price and an award for American Academy of arts a
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Fellowships to working biographers. Each of these fellowships is now worth 72,000, so not chump change. To date, some 20 biographies have been published including shirley jackson, one of the Prestigious National book critic award for biography. I also read the news about our brandnew wholly unique Masters Program in biography and memoir. It is just hard this autumn with at least 17 students enrolled which is phenomenal. And brenda is actually both a former director of the leon leavy center and she now teaches one of the core courses in the new Masters Program. Just a reminder what our next program is next wednesday september 25 at 6 30 p. M. With david nassau giving the annual lecture on biography. Tonight, im very delighted to have with us ben moser in conversation with brenda wineapple. As i said, branded as a former director of the leon leavy center and shes the author most recently of the mp chairs, the trial of Andrew Johnson and the dream of a just nation. A very widely reviewed
Welcome the nbcc and to welcome to this Years National book. Critics circles awards. The new school and the nbcc have a long standing relationship going back to the very earliest years of the nbcc. Our faculty have been Board Members and awards recipients and our communities have worked together in classrooms and and events since before the memory of anyone here, the annual awards have been hosted at the new school for over 20 years. This few years have been very challenging for all of us with covid, we are finally back on campus for an in real life nbcc simone and of course at the new school we are emerging from last fall when all of us were tested and our ideals and faith in one another and the future working with the nbcc is something to remind us what were here for and were enormously grateful to have a friendship that extends beyond any of us individually. To begin, i have to thank our teams at. T. A. At the new school for bringing us to this evening. Look out for stuart pennebake
Hello, im john reed faculty here in the Creative Writing Program and the director of the creative Creative Writing Program at the new school. The one time i was on this stage, i was a board member of the nbcc chairing a category. Its my great honor tonight to welcome the nbcc and to welcome to this Years National book. Critics circles awards. The new school and the nbcc have a long standing relationship going back to the very earliest years of the nbcc. Our faculty have been Board Members and awards recipients and our communities have worked together in classrooms and and events since before the memory of anyone here, the annual awards have been hosted at the new school for over 20 years. This few years have been very challenging for all of us with covid, we are finally back on campus for an in real life nbcc simone and of course at the new school we are emerging from last fall when all of us were tested and our ideals and faith in one another and the future working with the nbcc is so