January 6, 2013
By Mark Athitakis
“The first piece I assign my feature journalism classes is something a little more revealing: write three pages confessing your most humiliating secret,” Susan Shapiro wrote in an essay for
July 9, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Planning your fall reading and reviewing? The Millions has a comprehensive list of books coming out in the second half of 2012 and early in 2013. David Haglund reviews Sheila
May 11, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
On May 3, the PEN World Voices festival hosted the panel “Reviewing Translations” at the New School in New York City. The NBCC was a cosponsor of the panel, which
May 10, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
The latest NBCC Reads question asks: What is your favorite work of literary journalism? Here, member Richard Melo considers the legacy of Tom Wolfe: Tom Wolfe? Ewwwwwww. Him? Get outta
April 10, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
From left: Jane Smiley, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jane Ciabattari, Jennifer Egan, Darin Strauss, Isabel Wilkerson (Credit: Robb Cohen Photography and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs) The National Book
March 5, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Last week the nonprofit organization VIDA released its report on the gender gap at literary magazines: With one exception (Granta), coverage at the New Yorker, Harper’s, the Paris Review, and
February 26, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
The appreciations for Barney Rosset, who died last week, rolled in over the weekend from the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
February 22, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset, who brought works by Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, Samuel Beckett, Malcolm X, and many other authors and filmmakers to mass audiences, has died at
February 20, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
Adam Kirsch reviews Nathan Englander’s story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank at Tablet; Parul Sehgal reviews the book for NPR.org. George de Stefano reviews
February 13, 2012
By Mark Athitakis
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 #3 of the series, NBCC