January 31, 2008
By Lauren Elkin
NBCC member Lauren Elkin, a PhD candidate at the Graduate Center CUNY and the Université de Paris VII, sent us this dispatch from Tokyo, about what she is reading while primarily
January 30, 2008
By NBCC
ONE OF THE CONCERNS raised among writers and editors about cutbacks in newspaper sections has to do with the next generation. Where will young critics have a chance to work
January 29, 2008
By NBCC
Each week, the National Book Critics Circle will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from our newest Balakian
January 25, 2008
By NBCC
The following essay from Balakian winner Michael Gorra continues the In Retrospect series with a look back at Shirley Hazzard’s 1980 winner, The Transit of Venus. My first copy of
January 21, 2008
By NBCC
I was down in Key West last week, among all the street chickens and the funky t-shirts (on which profanities prevail) to lead a fiction workshop at the town’s annual
January 19, 2008
By NBCC
If you’re like me, it’s impossible to pass someone reading without determining what it is they’ve got open on their lap. I don’t think I’m alone. Recently, at the NBCC
January 18, 2008
By NBCC
Are book tours really all they’re cracked up to be? The following dispatch comes to us from NBCC Jami Attenberg, who has been on the road touring for her new
January 15, 2008
By NBCC
The Book Passage branch in San Francisco’s Ferry Building was jam packed last foggy Thursday night, when the NBCC hosted the first in a series of events leading up to
January 15, 2008
By NBCC
JOYCE CAROL OATES recently became the first writer in NBCC history to be nominated for our book prize in two categories in a single year. Come hear her talk to
January 14, 2008
By NBCC
Here’s just a few photos from the NBCC’s stay in SF below, courtesy board member Jane Ciabattari. For many, many more, please go check out this wonderful Flickr photo gallery