March 27, 2023
By Elaine Katzenberger
The NBCC’s 2022 Toni Morrison Achievement Award went to City Lights, the San Francisco bookstore and publisher. Thank you to the board and the members of the National Book Critics
March 27, 2023
By Eric Banks
Since it was founded nearly five decades ago, the National Book Critics Circle has relied on the hard, and unremunerated, work of its members, particularly those elected to serve on
March 24, 2023
By David Varno
New York, NY (March 23, 2023)—Tonight at the New School, the National Book Critics Circle announced the recipients of its book awards for publishing year 2022. The winners include Ling Ma,
March 7, 2023
By Lori Feathers
In this collection of illuminating essays Danish writer Dorthe Nors explores the untamed, tumultuous North Sea coast of Denmark where she was raised and to which she returns to make
March 6, 2023
By Jennie Hann
How does the novel think? How does it register thought? And how do we as readers distinguish between what the characters in the book think and what the writer behind
February 25, 2023
By J. Howard Rosier
Bliss Montage (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Ling Ma’s second book and first collection of stories, is ostentatious in neither syntax nor storytelling. Nevertheless, the collection guts and renovates the genre
January 31, 2023
By Megan Labrise
NBCC launches Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize and NBCC Service Award; Joy Harjo, City Lights receive lifetime achievement awards New York, NY (January 31, 2023)—Tonight, in a virtual event
December 8, 2022
By NBCC
Chicago, IL (December 8, 2022)—The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is pleased to announce the longlist for its inaugural Barrios Book in Translation Prize. Named for late NBCC board member
August 22, 2022
By NBCC
The National Book Critics Circle joins the literary community in wishing Salman Rushdie a strong recovery after the attack last week, which has left all of us reeling and reflecting
August 9, 2022
By Jennie Hann
Greetings, NBCC Friends, Of late we’ve been telling you to stay cool. This week we’d like to issue a friendly reminder that it’s important to stay hydrated as well. The