The National Book Critics Circle appointed 15 new board members as planned at a special meeting on July 14, and also received legal advice about facilitating a special membership meeting to remove board member Carlin Romano. Five of the elected board members are former board members who resigned their positions last month and were willing to rejoin given planned changes. “The end result,” writes the NBCC in a press release, “Is the most diverse board in NBCC history and one of the most experienced.” The newly elected board members are: Diego Baez, Stephanie Burt, Rod Davis, Charles Finch, Rigoberto Gonzalez, […]
