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January 18, 2016
Awards: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES ITS FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2015
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Announcements
December 31, 2015
Awards: Final Round of John Leonard Award Voting Begins
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
Events: Stephen Burt Launches New “Making the Case” NBCC Series at Library of Congress
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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
October 26, 2015
Awards: Announcing the #NBCCLeonard Awards 2015
By Miriam Markowitz
Dear readers, This year I have the honor of chairing the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize for a first book in any genre. This is not your typical
September 3, 2015
Events: Podcast: Lily King, Anthony Marra & Jayne Anne Phillips at AWP
By NBCC
Three National Book Critics Circle Award honorees—Jayne Anne Phillips, a fiction finalist for her novel Machine Dreams, Lily King, a fiction finalist for her novel Euphoria, and Anthony Marra, winner
July 9, 2015
Events: NBCC/Zyzzyva Partygoers Celebrate Bay Area Literary Institutions
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On the eve of the American Library Association convention in San Francisco, the National Book Critics Circle and Zyzzyva Magazine threw a party to celebrate a raft of bookish anniversaries
July 9, 2015
Events: NBCC/Zyzzyva Partygoers Salute Maxine Hong Kingston
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“You changed our lives!” A group of Bay Area Asian American women writers gave a spontaneous salute to NBCC nonfiction awardee Maxine Hong Kingston (Woman Warrior, 1976), an honored guest
June 16, 2015
Events: NBCC/Zyzzyva party June 25, on eve of American LIbrary Association conference
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On the eve of ALA, the National Book Critics Circle (now 40 years old) and Zyzzyva magazine (now 30 years old) are throwing a party cohosted by NBCC VP/Online Jane
June 7, 2015
Events: NBCC at Center for Fiction: Race, Gender, and Book Reviews
By NBCC
After this year's NBCC membership meeting, NBCC board member Walton Muyumba led a conversation about racial and gender representation in book reviewing. Among the questions engaged were: What do the
June 4, 2015
Events: NBCC at Printers Row Lit Fest this Weekend
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Printers Row Lit Fest in Chicago is coming up June 6 and 7. National Book Critics Circle panel on books and publishing Jun. 6, 2015 from 3:30 PM to 4:15