Critical Notes

Last Tuesday, we announced the finalists for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards! Congratulations to all who were selected. If you missed the event, you can watch it her. You can

Dear NBCC Friends, We can’t wait to share the finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards. Tune in tomorrow night for the virtual presentation, produced by Wildbound Live.  Reviews Martha Anne Toll

Dates to save! The finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards will be announced during a virtual event on 1/31. The awards ceremony–live and in person!–will follow on 3/23. We couldn’t

Dear NBCC Friends, Please join us in a hearty congratulations to Ryan Ruby and Parul Sehgal, winners of the second annual Silvers-Dudley prizes for literary criticism. Ruby is an NBCC member,

As we dig our way out of the empty champagne bottles and dried-up pine needles, our trenches of galleys remain. Here’s to a new year of new books and engaging

The landscape for print media continues to be volatile, with layoffs at the Washington Post and the closing of Bookforum as the twice-shuttered Believer finds new life at its original home, McSweeney’s. Meanwhile, new online outlet The

Dear NBCC Friends, Here’s the latest in news, notes, and notions from our members, compiled by a rookie Critical Notes correspondent. All the errors are mine; all the accomplishments are

Dear NBCC Friends, It’s still a good time of the year to get involved with the NBCC or renew your membership. The deadline for board candidate statements has been extended

Dear NBCC Friends, Welcome to year-end list season. As institutions ranging from the NYPL to the New York Times weigh in with extensive catalogs of notable titles, former NBCC president Tom