Hanif Abdurraqib in front of a screen with a photo of his book: THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR: ON BASKETBALL AND ASCENSION.

@jhowardrosier.bsky.social presents the @bookcritics.bsky.social in Criticism to Hanif Abdurraqib! @randomhouse.bsky.social

So many close votes 😵‍💫

Covers of the books on the longlist for the NBCC Award for Biography.

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Biography! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/17/2...

Covers of the books on the longlist for the NBCC Award for Autobiography.

We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Autobiography! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/17/2...

Let's announce some more longlists! Up today from @bookcritics.bsky.social:

Autobiography Longlist at 10:00 AM Eastern &
Biography Longlist at 2:00 PM Eastern

Sending the major credit right back to @hspartington.bsky.social for all her hard work coordinating the lists. A truly great week for @bookcritics.bsky.social!

Check out our 2024 longlist for Criticism! Truly remarkable books from a committee led by my dear friend and @bookcritics.bsky.social colleague @jhowardrosier.bsky.social.

Which ones have you read?

First post on Bluesky will be to hype up the amazing work that we did on the Criticism Committee this year at @bookcritics.bsky.social! Couldn’t have asked for a more thoughtful, rigorous group of colleagues.