Year 2009: Passing Strange, by Martha A. Sandweiss

By Elizabeth Taylor

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Elizabeth Taylor discusses

Elizabeth Taylor: The NBCC at 35

By Elizabeth Taylor

NBCC board member Elizabeth Taylor, book review editor of the Chicago Tribune, reflects on the organization at its 35th anniversary celebration in September

At Canaan’s Edge

By Elizabeth Taylor

Today's posts will focus on “At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68” by Taylor Branch (Simon & Schuster), which is a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award