Does John Cheever’s Falconer Protest Too Much?

By NBCC

The following essay from NBCC memberKit Reedbegins In Retrospect series' look back at John Cheever's 1977 NBCC finalist,“Falconer.”  If you want to see a novelist run screaming, just say you know exactly

Savoring Robert Hass’ Twentieth Century Pleasures

By NBCC

The following essay from NBCC winning winning poet Troy Jollimorebegins In Retrospect series' look at Robert Haas' 1984 NBCC winner, “Twentieth Century Pleasures,” the first of two books Hass wrote which has won our award.    

More than Midwestern: Danielle Trussoni on Patricia Hampl

By NBCC

The following post by Danielle Trussoni kicks off In Retrospect'slook at Patricia Hampl's 1999 NBCC finalist, “I Could Tell You Stories.” This weekend, Trussoni also reviewed Hampl's latest book, “The Florist's Daughter,” in The New York Times Book

John Freeman’s What To Read This Fall

By John Freeman

“The Shock Doctrine,” by Naomi Klein (Metropolitan Books) This towering study of the symbiotic relationship between late capitalism and American military intervention ought to become required reading for anyone who has

Jane Ciabattari’s What to Read This Fall

By Jane Ciabattari

What I've been reading or looking forward to reading, with great interest for fall: Ann Patchett's “Run” (HarperCollins)24 hours in the life of a Boston couple who have one son

Maureen McLane’s What to Read This Fall

By Maureen McLane

So many books, so little time! So many apples ripening unpicked! “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” etcetera: autumn is upon us, fall books as well, though I am still