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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

The following essay from Stewart O'Nan begins In Retrospect series'look at John Updike's 1990 NBCC winner, “Rabbit at Rest.”       AS FICTION GOES, this is the commercial strip right outside of town.

This excerpt is from “Enlightenment,” the novel by Maureen Freely, who is Orhan Pamuk's translator; it is coming out in May 2008, from Overlook Press. I met Jeannie Wakefield for the first

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

Fiction or poetry, fiction or poetry, it’s a bit embarrassing that I limit myself to the same two choices as I sift through the piles of books for review. It’s

The following essay from n + 1editor Marco Roth continues the NBCC's In Retrospect Series — concluding our focus on Philip Roth's 1987 winner, “The Counterlife.”  AT THE END OF THE COUNTERLIFE, novelist Nathan Zuckerman imagines

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

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