December 10, 2007
By NBCC
The following essay from Kansas City Star books editor John Mark Eberhart begins In Retrospect series’ look at John Updike’s 1981 NBCC winner, “Rabbit is Rich.” My introduction to John
December 9, 2007
By NBCC
Former NBCC finalist Anthony Shadid reviews an anthology of the best reporting from the Iraq war (which features writing by recent finalist, Patrick Cockburn) Board member Art Winslow gets in
December 9, 2007
By NBCC
How many very good contemporary novelists have become hard to write about because of the back-drafts caused by their success? I could name names here, but you know the kind
December 8, 2007
By NBCC
Peter Prescott (1935-2004), author and longtime Newsweek book critic, defined the terms of the NBCC art and craft this way in “Never in Doubt: Critical Essays on American Books, 1972-1985:”
December 7, 2007
By NBCC
“Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge
December 7, 2007
By Allen Barra
Wilfrid Sheed's name has been resurfacing recently. He was a frequent point of reference in James Wolcott's recent piece in The New Republic, Scott McLemee is clearly a fan, and as former Balakian finalist
December 6, 2007
By NBCC
The New Republic has done an issue on books, worth checking out. It features an editorial by the editors which concludes with a few sentences that ought to be faxed
December 6, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
This excerpt is from NBCC member John Reed's forthcoming “All the World's a Grave:A New Play by William Shakespeare,” to be published by Penguin/Plume in Fall 2008. Author's introduction: I have taken
December 6, 2007
By NBCC
Former NBCC board member Mark Feeney pays tribute to her finest work, and remembers what it was like squaring off against her in the debating room at the Algonquin. Writing
December 5, 2007
By NBCC
Imagine if this became the hot gift book of the season. Labels: Biblomania