November 14, 2011
By Jane Ciabattari
Former NBCC board member Lev Grossman, who was one of the NBCC's Standup Book Critics at this year's PEN World Voices 'Festival, and a contestant in the NBCC Stump the
November 8, 2011
By Jane Ciabattari
Just got my copy of Volume XXXVI of the Pushcart Prize, founded and edited by 2006 Sandrof Awardee Bill Henderson. (I'm a contributing editor.) It's a grand selection from the
October 29, 2011
By NBCC
NBCC SECRETS OF MEMOIR PANEL Wednesday November 2, 2011 6:30 -8:30 NYU Bookstore – in the back 726 Broadway (btw Washington Place & Waverly) Free & Open to the Public
October 26, 2011
By Mark Doty
Last night NBCC honored poet Mark Doty spoke to the newly fledged Whiting Awards class of 2011, ten writers, each awarded $50,000, out of the blue. (The awardees: fiction writers
October 25, 2011
By NBCC
Please join us Wednesday, November 2, 2011 From 6:30pm – 8:30pm At the new NYU Bookstore726 Broadway (between Washington Place & Waverly) If the memoir craze is over, why is
October 20, 2011
By NBCC
The NBCC is soliciting nominations from members for the 2011 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. Named after the first president of the NBCC, the award is given annually to a
October 17, 2011
By NBCC
The National Book Critics Circle invites its members to make submissions for the 2011 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. The award is given each year in honor of
October 14, 2011
By Jane Ciabattari
Stump the Critic National Book Critics Circle at Texas Book Festival in Austin October 22, 2011, 9 pm. Shangrila, 1016 East 6th Street, Austin, TX. A Litcrawl event with Lev
October 11, 2011
By Jane Ciabattari
On the Comic NovelTuesday October 18, 20117:00 pmThe Center for Fiction / 17 E. 47th StreetFREE / RSVP: http://www.centerforfiction.org/calendar/on-the-comic-novel or (212) 755-6710 What's your favorite comic novel? The question was
September 24, 2011
By Jane Ciabattari
The opening act in the NBCC’s “Urban Mirrors: New York, New York” reading by NBCC award winners and finalists at the New School on September 23 was Lynne Tillman, who