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NBCC Vice President/Online @michaelschaub.bsky.social talked to Corinna Vallianatos about "Origin Stories" for the Orange County Register:

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I knew I shouldn’t have used that @!*$# AI!

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I was honored to get to talk to Corinna Vallianatos about her amazing new short story collection, "Origin Stories," for the Orange County Register: www.ocregister.com/2025/02/26/w...

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your identity in a capitalist society

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You know what dance I'm surprised never really caught on? The safety

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I'm proud that @bookcritics.bsky.social signed this statement along with some other wonderful organizations and individuals:

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NBCC Vice President/Online @michaelschaub.bsky.social interviewed John Straley for the @ocregister.bsky.social:

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Going on 10 years of our country's leadership class being baffled by the least complicated man who has ever lived

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I think this move is intelligent ... deeply felt ... Sean Manning has done it again www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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I had a great time talking to John Straley about his latest novel, "Big Breath In," for the Orange County Register: www.ocregister.com/2025/01/29/j...

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NBCC Vice President/Online @michaelschaub.bsky.social interviewed Grady Hendrix for Kirkus Reviews:

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I got to talk to the very nice and funny Grady Hendrix for Kirkus Reviews: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

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Today we revealed the shortlists for the @bookcritics.bsky.social awards. Check it out! There is so much you are going to want to read! And thanks to all my colleagues on the NBCC board, and to our amazing members. www.bookcritics.org/2025/01/23/n...

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Watch this space! We'll be announcing the finalists for the NBCC Awards tomorrow. We're excited to share some amazing books with you!

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I love both these guys, this is going to be good

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NBCC Vice President/Online @michaelschaub.bsky.social wrote about 36 books coming in early 2025 for the @ocregister.bsky.social:

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NBCC Vice President/Online @michaelschaub.bsky.social appeared on Kirkus Reviews’ podcast, Fully Booked, to discuss the weirdest book news of 2024 with former NBCC Presidents Tom Beer and @labrise.bsky.social:

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Don’t miss this list of 36 books coming out in early 2025 compiled by @michaelschaub.bsky.social www.ocregister.com/2025/01/02/3...

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There are lots of good books coming out in early 2025! Here are 36 that you might want to read: www.ocregister.com/2025/01/02/3...

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I got to chat with my friends and colleagues Tom Beer and Megan Labrise about weird book news—and do the worst Bob Dylan impression you have ever heard—on Kirkus Reviews' Fully Booked podcast: www.kirkusreviews.com/podcast/2024...

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"Serenaded by Willie and toasted by Billy, this president with honest peanut roots" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mje6...

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I love it when authors do that thing where they cross out their name on the title page before signing a book. It's like they're saying, "This was actually written by a much less legible version of myself"

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Nobody will ever have a cooler NYT obit photo www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/b...

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Come for the Anne Lamott/Taylor Swift contretemps, stay for the gratuitous Costco Guys reference! I wrote about the weirdest, funniest, and generally best book stories of 2024 for Kirkus Reviews: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

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Fun prank: a YouTube white noise track of ten hours of "Rainfall In a Forest," but, at the seven-hour point, you can hear two people walk past planning a murder

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For the Orange County Register, I was honored to get to talk to Dagoberto Gilb, a personal literary hero of mine and one of the coolest guys on the planet: www.ocregister.com/2024/12/19/a...

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We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Poetry! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/2...

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I had a great time talking to Peter Ames Carlin about his new R.E.M. biography for the Orange County Register: www.ocregister.com/2024/12/16/h...

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We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Nonfiction! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/18/2...

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I was honored to be on this committee! I'm really proud of the books we chose:

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Today, for the first time in our history, @bookcritics.bsky.social announced longlists for the NBCC Awards. I'm really proud of our board and I'm really proud of our president, and my friend, @hspartington.bsky.social

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A stranger is just a friend you've never met. A friend is just a stranger you have met. Your child is just a stranger who escaped from your body. You are the stranger in whom you are trapped.

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As an Italian American,

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We're excited to announce that in honor of our 50th anniversary—and for the first time in our history—we'll be revealing longlists for our NBCC Awards! We'll be announcing the lists next week, so please watch this space. And thank you so much for your support!

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It’s unfair that Australians get to sound so cool. The woman in front of me at the convenience store just asked for a pack of Mahlburrow rids and now everyone’s in love with her

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