June 13, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
This is the ninth in our occasional series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. A
June 4, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
This is the eighth in our occasional series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. Brad
April 8, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
In presenting the NBCC award in criticism to Lawrence Weschler for “Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences” last month, NBCC president John Freeman called the book “a contagious, profoundly playful work
February 18, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
This is sixth in our series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. NBCC member Ken
February 7, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie returned to the US from Nigeria, where she was launching Half of a Yellow Sun in December, to learn the “lovely lovely news” that her novel was
February 1, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
Today's post looks at a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in the autobiography category, Terri Jentz's memoir Strange Piece of Paradise, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
August 29, 2006
By Jane Ciabattari
This is the fifth in our series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. We tracked
August 28, 2006
By Jane Ciabattari
This is the fourth in our series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. NBCC finalist
August 24, 2006
By Jane Ciabattari
This is the third in our series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. Romanian-born New
August 23, 2006
By Jane Ciabattari
This is the second in our series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. Julie Smith,