March 21, 2016
By Kirstin Valdez Quade
The John Leonard award, honoring a founding member who reveled in discovering new voices (he was the first to champion the work of Toni Morrison, Mary Gordon, Maxine Hong Kingston
March 18, 2016
By Wendell Berry
From the Periphery to the Center When I learned that this award for my life’s work as a writer, so far, would require a little more writing, I began of
March 17, 2016
By Carlos Lozada
This year's Nona Balakian award for Excellence in Reviewing went to Carlos Lozada for his submission of three reviews from The Washington Post. “She took a year off from her
March 17, 2016
By NBCC
New York, NY (March 17, 2016)—Tonight, at the New School in New York, the National Book Critics Circle announced the recipients of its book awards for publishing year 2015. The winners
March 16, 2016
By Carlos Lozada
This year's Nona Balakian award for Excellence in Reviewing went to Carlos Lozada for his submission of three reviews from The Washington Post. “I just binge-read eight books by Donald
March 15, 2016
By Carlos Lozada
This year's Nona Balakian award for Excellence in Reviewing went to Carlos Lozada for his submission of three reviews from The Washington Post. The radical chic of Ta-Nehisi Coates is
March 2, 2016
By Admin
In January, the National Book Critics Circle board announced this year's Sandrof award for lifetime achievement, Balakian award for excellence in criticism, the John Leonard award for best first book,
January 18, 2016
By Admin
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December 31, 2015
By Jane Ciabattari
The ballot has gone out! Eight titles–all written by women– are longlisted for the John Leonard Prize for first book, to be chosen by a vote of the National Book
November 20, 2015
By Admin
If you'll be in the Washington, D.C., area next week please join the NBCC and the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress for the launch of a