March 6, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, in #22 in our series, NBCC
February 24, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
NBCC member events: Roxana Robinson organized a reading of The House of Mirth, to celebrate Edith Wharton’s 150th birthday, at the Center for Fiction on January 26th. Twenty-four women writers,
February 17, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
The National Book Critics Circle mourns the loss of unparalleled reporter/author Anthony Shadid, who died last night, apparently of an asthma attack, while reporting in Syria. Shadid was a finalist
February 11, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
If you're going to AWP 2012 in Chicago, come by the National Book Critics Circle's featured reading by National Book Critics Circle award honorees in prose: When: Friday, March 2,
January 24, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
Thirty NBCC finalists were announced Saturday night at Artists Space in Soho after an all-day board meeting at which 25 NBCC board members cast their ballots. Siddhartha Mukherjee (left, with
January 24, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
National Book Critics Circle awards season begins. Thirty finalists in six categories as well as the recipients of the Ivan Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement (Robert Silvers of the New
January 24, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
The Chicago Tribune is re-introducing its Sunday book review on February 26 as a 24-page stand-alone publication with reviews, interviews, and short fiction. A sample will go to 100,000 subscribers
January 21, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
Last night's critical conversation at the Center for Fiction, dubbed “Criticism Beside Itself,”ranged widely, from discussion of Russian formalists, Marxists, and N+1 magazine to critics James Wood (Elif Batuman: “James
January 6, 2012
By Jane Ciabattari
Friday, January 20 7 pm. “Criticism Beside Itself”Center For Fiction17 E. 47th St. • 212.755.6710Cosponsored by Bookforum and the National Book Critics Circle What is the proper genre of critical
December 22, 2011
By Jane Ciabattari
Work is the all-American pastime, taking more and more of our waking hours, and infiltrating our sleep. It’s been grist for books from Studs Terkel’s 'Working' to Joshua Ferris’ 'And