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Congrats to Naomi Klein winner of the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction ICYMI here's our 2-part deep dive into Doppelganger— from climate change to vaccine conspiracies to Israel-Palestine to coalition building part 1: tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-… part 2: tinhouse.com/podcast/naomi-…

I can’t make this up. Kari Lake gave a campaign speech in front of the Confederate battle flag, where she continued to push election lies and conspiracies. Lake is dangerous to Arizona and our Democracy. Help us stop Kari Lake before it’s too late.

The book War & Justice Diary: Looking at Women Looking at War by our dear friend Victoria Amelina is being prepared for publication. It is scheduled to be released in spring 2025 by Macmillan Publishers St. Martin's Press. You can pre-order the book: bit.ly/3xnu9mE

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Congratulations to ARUNDHATI ROY! — winner of this year’s PEN/Pinter Prize. She says: ‘I wish Harold Pinter were with us today to write about the almost incomprehensible turn the world is taking. Since he isn’t, some of us must do our utmost to try to fill his shoes’

Would love to go to poetry school and have to take care of a cat and a flower plot.

Arthur Sze’s new edition of his Silk Dragon anthology—a life long project of poetic translations—just arrived in the mail. This poem by Du Fu in Arthur’s translation says more about our moment than any poem I had read this year:

My piece for August includes exciting collections by Rae Armantrout weslpress Daniel Borzutzky @Coffee_House_ Andrea Cohen Four Way Books Jason Koo Diode Editions 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Nam Le Alfred A. Knopf Carl Phillips Farrar,Straus&Giroux Danez Smith Graywolf Press

Mandana Chaffa, NBCC's Vice President of the Barrios Book in Translation Prize, interviewed @CPhillipsPoet on the occasion of his new collection, "Scattered Snows, to the North," for Chicago Review of Books: buff.ly/46TVEl9

“[this is what happens] when we love a little Black girl well" - Maya Moore, 🏀🐐 the Lenore Marshall recognizes the "Most outstanding collection in the U. S. in 2023." My *very first* book. The book I wrote at 23 yrs old. thank u Mom & Dad. thank u God & home & blk poetry.

Reviews of poetry by Jennifer Chang Copper Canyon Press Janice N. Harrington BOA Editions Matthew Hollis Bloodaxe Books Idra Novey weslpress Jimin Seo Changes Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon @UPittPress Jordan Windholz Black Ocean

NBCC board member David Woo wrote about seven poetry books, including titles by Janice N. Harrington, Jennifer Chang, and Idra Novey, for Literary Hub: buff.ly/4duyOlM

Each year, the NBCC members elect a third of the 24 person board of directors. The directors selected in this election will serve from 2025 to 2028. Any member in good standing may run for the NBCC board. Candidates: your statements are due by midnight Pacific on Friday, Oct 18.