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Announcing the Winners of the 2021 National Book Awards! #NBAwards
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Today @NEAarts announced American Rescue Plan grants totaling $20,200,000 to 66 local arts agencies for subgranting to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic.
Read more: go.usa.gov/xeXK9
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@CLMPorg, @nationalbook, and @POETSorg will hold an application information session today, November 8, 2021 at 1 pm ET. The session will be hosted by @LitNet_org and is open to all prospective applicants. Learn more and RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Applications for the 2nd round of the Literary Arts Emergency Fund, run by @CLMPorg @nationalbook @POETSorg, are open to nonprofit literary arts orgs & publishers experiencing cont'd financial loss due to COVID. Apps close 1/5/22 @ 11:59 pm ET
Learn more: nationalbook.org/app-open-se…
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If you weren’t able to celebrate with us but would like to help us continue our work supporting magazines and presses, please consider making a donation and helping us meet a $20,000 challenge grant: secure.givelively.org/donate…
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There's ONE WEEK LEFT in the CLMP Auction! Bid on agent consultations, portrait sessions, opera tickets, and more before October 13 at 9 PM ET: clmp.org/auction/
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The 3 orgs behind the Literary Arts Emergency Fund—@POETSorg @CLMPorg & @nationalbook—will distribute $4.3M in a 2nd round of funding to nonprofit literary arts orgs & publishers thanks to @MellonFdn. The application will open in November 2021. Learn more: poets.org/academy-american-p…
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The three orgs behind the Literary Arts Emergency Fund—@POETSorg @CLMPorg & @nationalbook—will distribute $4.3M in a second round of funding to nonprofit literary arts orgs & publishers thanks to @MellonFdn. The application will open in November 2021.
nationalbook.org/aap-clmp-an…
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Paper Trail: @BKBF is hosting live and virtual Bookend events this week, featuring @cathyparkhong, @NifMuhammad, @sarahschulman3, and more; at @friezeofficial, Joshua Cohen discusses the interplay of reality and fiction in his novels with @TheLincoln: bit.ly/2XTNUjr
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Check out all the amazing discussions and panels happening at the @BKBF this year! You can see all of the in-person and virtual and activities for Bookends events, Children's Day, and Festival Day at brooklynbookfestival.org/eve…. #BKBF
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Check out all of the amazing events happening at the @BKBF this year, including NBF Presents: An Afternoon with the National Book Awards, featuring 2020 #NBAwards–honored authors @Rumaan, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, @MichelleBowdler, @candiceiloh, and moderated by @ruthedickey!
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This year, due to ongoing public health concerns, we have made the difficult decision that all #NBAwards events, including the 72nd National Book Awards Ceremony, will be held virtually.
nationalbook.org/the-72nd-na…
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Celebrate #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth with poetry collections from @GFBPublishing @ashlandpp @PassagerBooks @HangingLooseNY @PerugiaPress @TAMUPress @boaeditions @sarabandebooks @Omnidawn @Milkweed_Books @Colorado_Review @LitmusPress & more!
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Tickets are on sale for our Annual Benefit on October 13, and we hope you'll join us at this virtual celebration in support of independent publishing: clmp.org/benefit/
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2021 National Book Awards Longlist for Nonfiction
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2021 National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry
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Registration for Groundwork: Healing within Community Arts Education is NOW OPEN! Join us October 18–November 5 for a gathering to embody radical reinvention and imagination as we process the pandemic. View the full program schedule and register at bit.ly/GroundworkGathering!
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Hope doesn’t come naturally to journalists — or most other writers — but @RepTedLieu’s new Federal Writers’ Project Act (HR 3054) actually offers some. Check out my op-ed here this morning, and come to the virtual screening tonight, thanks! usatoday.com/story/opinion/2…
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The Federal Writers’ Project (HR 3054) will hire 900 writers and cultural workers to document American life and community. Join @RepTedLieu and @TeresaForNM in championing storytellers as vital to sustaining our nation’s voice, history, and health. → bit.ly/38WvD7m
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#OneBookOneBronx reads Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde • Saturdays, 10/16, 23, 30, 11/6, & 13, 2021
It'll be our first outdoor book club meeting on the north lawn of Dewitt Clinton HS in the BX. INFO: eventbrite.com/e/one-book-on…
