Former NBCC President John Freeman spoke of his pleasure at discovering the work of Polish journalist Ryszard Kapucinski in Granta in 1996 at the party celebrating his new post as
January 9, 2009
First Roundup of 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
January 5, 2009
Guest Post: What VQR Young Reviewers Contest Winner Emily Wilkinson Is Reading
By Jane Ciabattari
Emily Wilkinson just finished her Ph.D. in Restoration and eighteenth-century British literature at Stanford University. She recently won the Virginia Quarterly’s Young Reviewers Contest (which included a membership in the
December 31, 2008
Save these Dates: National Book Critics Circle Events Coming up in 2009:
By Jane Ciabattari
January 23, 2009, 7 pm Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby between Houston and Prince, New York City. Poetry in translation panel: Has the US Lost Touch with World Literature?
December 30, 2008
The Last Roundup of 2008
By Jane Ciabattari
To begin this last roundup of the old year, I note with sadness that as of this week, Marie Arana will no longer be at the helm of the Washington
December 24, 2008
Roundup 10
By Jane Ciabattari
Andre Bernard’s moody publishing piece brings this year to an end with a somber note: “Yet I can’t help thinking that as this year gasps its way to its merciful
December 19, 2008
Roundup 9
By Jane Ciabattari
Scott McLemee on Susan Sontag, ABD. Mark Sarvas looks at “The Northern Clemency” here. “That this resolutely British novel was shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize is not nearly
December 17, 2008
Rocky Mountain News Report
By Jane Ciabattari
NBCC member Jenny Shank, Books & Writers Editor of NewWest.Net/Books, sends this note on the impending demise of the Rocky Mountain News: “Its owner, Scripps, put it up for sale
December 16, 2008
Critical Mass, continued…..
By Jane Ciabattari
As Critical Mass bloggers adjust to snazzy new website/blog (sans fox), NBCC board member Ellen Heltzel kicks off our periodic “What I’m Looking Forward to Reading” feature today. More to
December 13, 2008
Roundup 8
By Jane Ciabattari
Eric Banks visits Jonestown, 30 years after the murder-massacres: “We expect our killing fields to be marked a certain way, and with at least a certain rhetoric of rectitude. At
December 11, 2008
Roundup 7
By Jane Ciabattari
Scott McLemee waxes enthusiastic about Jeffrey B. Perry’s study “Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918,” and Perry’s thorough Wikipedia entry for Harrison. Art Winslow calls the author of