Thirty members of the National Book Critics Circle wrote an open letter to the NBCC board and general membership on Wednesday expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and making recommendations for changes moving forward. The letter, which invites other members to sign on, is a response to a June controversy over the drafting of an anti-racist statement by the board, which resulted in mass resignations. In light of all of the work to be done, the authors also “urge the cancelation of the 2020 NBCC awards and ceremony.” “We are committed to dismantling anti-Black, patriarchal power structures, unlearning […]
