September 3, 2008
By NBCC
Herman Wouk, middlebrow novelist whose best selleers were based in part on research conducted at the Library of Congress, will read from his unpublished literary diaries on September 10 at
September 3, 2008
By NBCC
Louise Gluck, whose “The Triumph of Achilles” (1985) won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry,has been awarded the $100,000 Wallace Stevens from the Academy of American Poets. Previous
September 2, 2008
By NBCC
Just announced, the shortlist for the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, awarded by the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction. Award will be presented by last year’s winner, Junot Diaz,
September 2, 2008
By NBCC
The Seattle Times reports that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin bio, “Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment Upside Down,“by Kaylene Johnson, published by local Epicenter Press in April
August 27, 2008
By NBCC
As the summer of imploding books pages grinds to a painful halt, NBCC member Mark Athitakis, Arts Editor at Washington City Paper, offers these observations on the state of alt-weeklies:
August 26, 2008
By NBCC
NBCC board member Oscar Villalon, book editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, departs on Friday, August 29. He took a buyout, but, he says, he’s still in the game, doing
August 19, 2008
By NBCC
Manny Farber, whose writings on film were a deep source of inspiration not only for movie critics but also for literary critics and anyone who took cinema as a literary
August 15, 2008
By NBCC
It’s not just we book critics who are losing out as newspapers shrink… Labels: Industry News
August 13, 2008
By Jane Ciabattari
It’s hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. I’ve been keeping track of some of them via our series, Thinking About
August 11, 2008
By Jane Ciabattari
It’s hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. I’ve been keeping track of some of them via our series, Thinking About