Welcome the nbcc and to welcome to this Years National book. Critics circles awards. The new school and the nbcc have a long standing relationship going back to the very earliest years of the nbcc. Our faculty have been Board Members and awards recipients and our communities have worked together in classrooms and and events since before the memory of anyone here, the annual awards have been hosted at the new school for over 20 years. This few years have been very challenging for all of us with covid, we are finally back on campus for an in real life nbcc simone and of course at the new school we are emerging from last fall when all of us were tested and our ideals and faith in one another and the future working with the nbcc is something to remind us what were here for and were enormously grateful to have a friendship that extends beyond any of us individually. To begin, i have to thank our teams at. T. A. At the new school for bringing us to this evening. Look out for stuart pennebake
Hello, im john reed faculty here in the Creative Writing Program and the director of the creative Creative Writing Program at the new school. The one time i was on this stage, i was a board member of the nbcc chairing a category. Its my great honor tonight to welcome the nbcc and to welcome to this Years National book. Critics circles awards. The new school and the nbcc have a long standing relationship going back to the very earliest years of the nbcc. Our faculty have been Board Members and awards recipients and our communities have worked together in classrooms and and events since before the memory of anyone here, the annual awards have been hosted at the new school for over 20 years. This few years have been very challenging for all of us with covid, we are finally back on campus for an in real life nbcc simone and of course at the new school we are emerging from last fall when all of us were tested and our ideals and faith in one another and the future working with the nbcc is so
To help the planet, but on this day in danville, they gathered to help each other. Each year lindy sable has a special treat for her visitors. Yes, these are grandma sables cookies. Reporter but this year when she met her guests hi, im lindy. Nice to meet you. Thanks for coming. Reporter she didnt have to bribe them. Thats because he and his son and lindys neighbor all volunteered to help plant flowers in the backyard of her danville home. Its something the former Kindergarten Teacher has a hard time doing these days. I cant do it. I used to do all that stuff, teach, work in the yard, as you see its a big yard, do all that. But no, im going to be 78 in a month, so you know, i keep i try to keep going. Reporter the help comes courtesy of the danville senior center, which each year organizes this annual lend a hand day. Volunteers met in the morning to be assigned to homes of seniors who need a hand keeping up with their outdoor spaces. Much of the emphasis is on connecting young people
To insure the lights stay on even as the business of books changes. Its a journey of Discovery One page at a time. Thats how Paul Yamazaki sees it. As a long time buyer for City Lights Bookstore in north beach, he says he feels lucky to do what he loves because a few decades back that was not the case. I think im one of the few independent book sellers who can say they went straight from jail to a job in book selling. Reporter in his college days paul was a proud activist, marching against war and advocating for more diverse literary representation in academic institutions. His protesting cost him some time behind bars, but his passion for education that represents the whole of america made its mark. We felt particularly for students of color that we werent being represented in curriculum, by the faculty, and by the outreach into the various communities. Reporter paul began working at city lights 54 years ago bringing more Global Knowledge to San Franciscos diverse readers, but maintai