June 30, 2025
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we hope you’re having a good summer! Last week, we hosted an event in which three of the most accomplished poetry critics today, Stephanie Burt, Anahid Nersessian,
May 5, 2025
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we’d like to remind you that the deadline to apply to our Emerging Critics Fellowships is this Saturday, May 10! The NBCC Emerging Critics Program is an
April 1, 2025
By Michael Schaub
All of us on the National Book Critics Circle board were shocked and heartbroken to hear of the death of our beloved member John Domini last week. In addition to
March 20, 2025
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Hanif Abdurraqib, Anne Carson, Hisham Matar among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners New York, NY (March 20, 2025)—Tonight at the New School, the National Book Critics Circle announced the
February 5, 2025
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
On January 20, the White House issued an executive order stating that the United States government will only recognize two sexes, male and female, as defined “at conception.” The ripple
January 23, 2025
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Sandra Cisneros, Third World Press to receive lifetime achievement awards, distinguished guest Maxine Hong Kingston to speak New York, NY (January 23, 2024)—Today the National Book Critics Circle announced 30
January 19, 2025
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE LONGLISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2024 CRITICISM LONGLIST: Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell (Verso) The Blue Period: Black Writing in
December 19, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
The Children of the Ghetto: Star of the Sea by Elias Khoury, translated from the Arabic by Humphrey Davies (Archipelago), Fiction Herscht 07769 by László Krasznahorkai, translated from the Hungarian
December 18, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
An Authentic Life by Jennifer Chang (Copper Canyon) Cloud Missives by Kenzie Allen (Tin House) Consider the Rooster by Oliver Baez Bendorf (Nightboat) A Gaze Hound That Hunteth by the
December 18, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll (Penguin Press) Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the