Anita Felicelli
@anitafelicelli.bsky.social
author of the short story collection HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS and other works of fiction. books editor at Alta Journal, critic, essayer.
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“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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February 7, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
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After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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I’ve Been Laid Off. I’m Not Done.
After 20 years at The Washington Post, I’m suddenly on my own — and still writing about books.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:17 PM
After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post.
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A healthy book ecosystem relies on professional book reviewers, not just authors reviewing their peers, although this is good and interesting too. We need both. But the professional reviewer is a keystone species in the ecosystem. We can't lose them.
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
A healthy book ecosystem relies on professional book reviewers, not just authors reviewing their peers, although this is good and interesting too. We need both. But the professional reviewer is a keystone species in the ecosystem. We can't lose them.
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You’d think a guy who owns a company that is the largest seller of books would support the newspaper’s (that he owns) book section.
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire with the word arson written above him .
ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire with the word arson written above him .
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February 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You’d think a guy who owns a company that is the largest seller of books would support the newspaper’s (that he owns) book section.
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Former NBCC board member Anita Felicelli profiled Annalee Newitz for Alta:
Inside Annalee Newitz’s Robot World
In their new near-future novella, Annalee Newitz explores robot rights, authenticity, diaspora identity, and what rebuilding after war might feel like.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Former NBCC board member Anita Felicelli profiled Annalee Newitz for Alta:
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I’m so grateful to @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving this story a beautiful new home.
The light is on for Ann Gelder! @anngelder.bsky.social💡
”Better Than Ever” is an absolutely incredible short story. This is a story about war and marriage. About the tragedies inflicted on us and those we inflict on ourselves.
We’re so lucky to share Ann’s gorgeous writing over at the site!
”Better Than Ever” is an absolutely incredible short story. This is a story about war and marriage. About the tragedies inflicted on us and those we inflict on ourselves.
We’re so lucky to share Ann’s gorgeous writing over at the site!
Better Than Ever - Ann Gelder — Bulb Culture Collective
Her sacrifice, Suzy thought, was already worth it.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I’m so grateful to @bulbculture.bsky.social for giving this story a beautiful new home.
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Don't forget to write reviews of the WTAW Press books you've read. They make a big difference!
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #postyourbookreviews
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #postyourbookreviews
Winter reading season is here ❄️📖
If you’re curled up with a WTAW Press book, we’d love to hear what you think. Reviews—on Instagram, Goodreads, Amazon, Bookshop—make a real difference for small presses and the writers we publish.
If you’re curled up with a WTAW Press book, we’d love to hear what you think. Reviews—on Instagram, Goodreads, Amazon, Bookshop—make a real difference for small presses and the writers we publish.
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Don't forget to write reviews of the WTAW Press books you've read. They make a big difference!
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #postyourbookreviews
#WTAWPress #supportsmallpresses #postyourbookreviews
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I loved this book. Hard hitting and emotional powerful but also darkly funny.
For @altajournal.bsky.social, I reviewed @ninamcconigley.bsky.social's excellent new book, "How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder":
www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a70001359/nina-mcconigley-how-to-commit-a-postcolonial-murder-book-review/
www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a70001359/nina-mcconigley-how-to-commit-a-postcolonial-murder-book-review/
Split Self, Split Sisters
In her daring first novel, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder, author Nina McConigley entwines race, sisterhood, and sexual violence in the American West.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I loved this book. Hard hitting and emotional powerful but also darkly funny.
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For @altajournal.bsky.social, I reviewed @ninamcconigley.bsky.social's excellent new book, "How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder":
www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a70001359/nina-mcconigley-how-to-commit-a-postcolonial-murder-book-review/
www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a70001359/nina-mcconigley-how-to-commit-a-postcolonial-murder-book-review/
Split Self, Split Sisters
In her daring first novel, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder, author Nina McConigley entwines race, sisterhood, and sexual violence in the American West.
www.altaonline.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
For @altajournal.bsky.social, I reviewed @ninamcconigley.bsky.social's excellent new book, "How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder":
www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a70001359/nina-mcconigley-how-to-commit-a-postcolonial-murder-book-review/
www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a70001359/nina-mcconigley-how-to-commit-a-postcolonial-murder-book-review/
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Delighted to be co-chairing the Leonard Prize with @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social! This list comes from both our general membership & the Board, and the members will vote on the winner. (It’s not too late to join @bookcritics.bsky.social.) Cheers to all of these debut authors!
Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the John Leonard Prize!
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Delighted to be co-chairing the Leonard Prize with @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social! This list comes from both our general membership & the Board, and the members will vote on the winner. (It’s not too late to join @bookcritics.bsky.social.) Cheers to all of these debut authors!
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NBCC member Paul Wilner contributed a book roundup on the first months of the new year for Alta:
The Best New Books to Start 2026
From neo-Nazi true crime to George Saunders’s latest and a long-awaited Vollmann epic, here are the books we can’t wait to read in the coming months.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NBCC member Paul Wilner contributed a book roundup on the first months of the new year for Alta:
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Art lives in the process, in the struggle to grow and figure out the specific needs of the work, and in the arrival at a better understanding of the artist’s limitations. The product is just the end result of the art.
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Art lives in the process, in the struggle to grow and figure out the specific needs of the work, and in the arrival at a better understanding of the artist’s limitations. The product is just the end result of the art.
a pleasure to talk to Annalee Newitz about their cozy science fiction novella, Automatic Noodle; robots; and world building for @altajournal.bsky.social.
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Inside Annalee Newitz’s Robot World
In their new near-future novella, Annalee Newitz explores robot rights, authenticity, diaspora identity, and what rebuilding after war might feel like.
www.altaonline.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
a pleasure to talk to Annalee Newitz about their cozy science fiction novella, Automatic Noodle; robots; and world building for @altajournal.bsky.social.
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
www.altaonline.com/books/fictio...
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I don't know which challenge this is - but I agree with @themountaingoats - one of the cruddiest things that's happened to reading in the past 20 years or so is the algorithms that narrow bookshelf recs into books like those you've already bought, rather than wild books that might blow your mind.
People are harshing on some “diverse reading challenge” thing that’s going around, and I get it, but looking at what you read and asking yourself “what isn’t represented here?” is imo a good and healthy practice
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don't know which challenge this is - but I agree with @themountaingoats - one of the cruddiest things that's happened to reading in the past 20 years or so is the algorithms that narrow bookshelf recs into books like those you've already bought, rather than wild books that might blow your mind.
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October might be our busiest season, but Litquake presents a variety of literary programs year-round. From hosting Ocean Vuong and Ed Yong to a slate of local, up-and-coming authors, this year was a treat.
💗Interested in supporting Litquake? Consider donating at buff.ly/aNo4QW5
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December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
October might be our busiest season, but Litquake presents a variety of literary programs year-round. From hosting Ocean Vuong and Ed Yong to a slate of local, up-and-coming authors, this year was a treat.
💗Interested in supporting Litquake? Consider donating at buff.ly/aNo4QW5
💗Interested in supporting Litquake? Consider donating at buff.ly/aNo4QW5
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On this week's Selected Shorts episode, Now You See Him, Now You Don’t, actors Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, and Emily Skeggs perform stories about fictional disappearing acts by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, Claire Fridkin, and Anita Felicelli. bit.ly/48PohSY
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
On this week's Selected Shorts episode, Now You See Him, Now You Don’t, actors Jill Eikenberry, Michael Tucker, and Emily Skeggs perform stories about fictional disappearing acts by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, Claire Fridkin, and Anita Felicelli. bit.ly/48PohSY
psyched to have a new short story, "Delilah," in the latest print issue of Alta (Issue 34). illustration by Victor Juhasz. www.altaonline.com/culture/fict...
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
psyched to have a new short story, "Delilah," in the latest print issue of Alta (Issue 34). illustration by Victor Juhasz. www.altaonline.com/culture/fict...
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Congratulations to the poets and publishers on our 2025 Poetry Award longlist!
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Poetry
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Congratulations to the poets and publishers on our 2025 Poetry Award longlist!
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Starting today with our beautiful autobiography longlist!
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Autobiography
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Starting today with our beautiful autobiography longlist!
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We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
zyzzyva.org/donate
zyzzyva.org/donate
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Honored to serve on the fiction committee and pleased to share our longlist for the @bookcritics.bsky.social awards for fiction. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Fiction
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Honored to serve on the fiction committee and pleased to share our longlist for the @bookcritics.bsky.social awards for fiction. Congratulations to all the nominees!
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What happens when literature refuses readers entry into the laboratory?
New at PB: In a time of suspicion and conspiracy, @snarlsdickens.bsky.social argues that it’s imperative we don’t treat laboratories in fiction as unexplored and unexplorable territory.
New at PB: In a time of suspicion and conspiracy, @snarlsdickens.bsky.social argues that it’s imperative we don’t treat laboratories in fiction as unexplored and unexplorable territory.
The Empty Lab, in Science and in Fiction - Public Books
When literature refuses readers entry into the laboratory, it fosters suspicions of science itself.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What happens when literature refuses readers entry into the laboratory?
New at PB: In a time of suspicion and conspiracy, @snarlsdickens.bsky.social argues that it’s imperative we don’t treat laboratories in fiction as unexplored and unexplorable territory.
New at PB: In a time of suspicion and conspiracy, @snarlsdickens.bsky.social argues that it’s imperative we don’t treat laboratories in fiction as unexplored and unexplorable territory.
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On genres, brands, and commercial legibility: "That’s one reason why promoting a book can feel a bit draining — you have to take the raw product of your random synaptic misfires and package it as something that will appeal to people who like a particular kind of thing."
"Art becomes richer and more interesting when it’s found by people for whom it was not 'intended,' people who find their own meaning in it. The more varied the audience, the more multifaceted the art becomes."
My latest newsletter is about how art finds its audience:
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My latest newsletter is about how art finds its audience:
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How Art Finds Its Audience
Sorry there was no newsletter last week — I was recovering from endless travel, making tons of progress on my next novel (!), and appearing at a handful of...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
On genres, brands, and commercial legibility: "That’s one reason why promoting a book can feel a bit draining — you have to take the raw product of your random synaptic misfires and package it as something that will appeal to people who like a particular kind of thing."
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"Ambition is everything. Fiction isn't ballet. It isn't marathoning. You don't have to start small with drills or exercises; there's nothing you need to perfect before moving on... You should attempt everything. Ambition in fiction is merely the willingness to make mistakes. Mistakes are essential."
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Ambition is everything. Fiction isn't ballet. It isn't marathoning. You don't have to start small with drills or exercises; there's nothing you need to perfect before moving on... You should attempt everything. Ambition in fiction is merely the willingness to make mistakes. Mistakes are essential."
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"Everything that I have ever believed was true and immutable about my work has changed. Only certain obsessions remain. A writing life, I've come to believe, is a yearslong process of casting away everything you once believed for sure." —Elizabeth McCracken, A Long Game
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"Everything that I have ever believed was true and immutable about my work has changed. Only certain obsessions remain. A writing life, I've come to believe, is a yearslong process of casting away everything you once believed for sure." —Elizabeth McCracken, A Long Game