Jesus, tell us what you really care about why don't you

Come read LILI IS CRYING with us! #AContinuation (new hashtag). The plan is for more Proust after that.

Frances finishes it, I begin! Our next @onebrightbook.bsky.social episode.

Ruth Asawa at MoMA.

Hell yeah!!

I slept horribly and now I need to shovel, not a super exciting new year’s morning, but I’ll see friends today and tomorrow we are going to spend a couple days in ZOHRAN MAMDANI’S NEW YORK CITY!!!

When subscriptions for this open up again, I HIGHLY recommend signing up. Delightful!

I’ll be doing this — join if you’re interested, everyone is welcome!

Currently reading

Thank you, listeners! ❤️

Yeah, not doing that.

What a list!

Tell us! I need help picking my next book…

Five guests who appeared on BTC in 2025—Rickey Laurentiis, Caren Beilin, Madeleine Thien, Olga Ravn & Omar El Akkad— are longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award this year. You can check out the conversations about their acclaimed books at tinhouse.com/podcasts @bookcritics.bsky.social

The Barrios Book in Translation Prize longlist is out!

The NBCC longlist for nonfiction is out!

The NBCC longlist for poetry is out!

The NBCC biography longlist!

The NBCC autobiography list is here!

ICYMI, the NBCC longlist for criticism.

ICYMI, the NBCC longlist for fiction.

The NBCC criticism longlist!!

The NBCC longlist for fiction is here!

Good cheer and mild razzing abounds on our 4th annual Most Anticipated Books episode. Give it a listen! onebrightbook.com/2025/12/11/e...

Next week!

Our new episode is out! We talk about our most anticipated books of 2026 and there are some great ones on the way!

I think our picks are pretty good, if I do say so myself!

Subscribed to this so fast

Recording our annual "Books We are Excited for Next Year" episode tomorrow, with special guest @ssacks.bsky.social ! Whoever decided we could only choose 3 titles each... well, I want a word with that person....

In case you missed this thread: a great read

I want this but for collaborative reader/critic types.

Attention, book critics!

We are incredibly grateful to be one of Poetry Foundation’s 2025 grantee-partners as the recipient of a general operating support grant!

Have you listened to our latest episode yet??? onebrightbook.com/2025/11/18/e...

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

I’m really enjoying this episode, and not just because of all the @onebrightbook.bsky.social mentions — what a fascinating topic book collection culling/pruning is! It’s something I’m thinking about a lot as books pour in and available space is disappearing in my house.

In which we take on TikTok

Coffee shop reading.

New poem from Kasey Jueds!

New episode! We discuss I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN, by Jacqueline Harpman, translated from the French by Ros Schwartz. We'd love to know your thoughts on the book!

Happy November 18 to those who celebrate.

Tomorrow is November 18th, everyone — will we make it out?

Episode coming this week!

Podcast recording today! I'm looking forward to hearing what @nonsuchbook.bsky.social and @ds228.bsky.social make of I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN for @onebrightbook.bsky.social.

NBCC Tech VP and Membership Co-VP Rebecca Hussey reviewed "Sea Now," written by Eva Meijer and translated from the Dutch by Anne Thompson Melo, for Words Without Borders:

SEA NOW hints "at mysteries that humans can sense but never penetrate," writes critic Rebecca Hussey. Read the book review here: wordswithoutborders.org/book-reviews... @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social @twolinespress.com @catranslation.org

Love to settle into my cozy armchair for an afternoon of reading on a rainy October day only to hear a dripping noise out in the hallway that means I’m going to need a new roof 😬

🎉🎉🎉 #AContinuation25 #KateBriggs24