Critical Notes

Welcome to another week of unrelenting heat, humidity, and maddening literary discourse. Fortunately, we’ve got lots of very smart book reviews to catch up on. (Also recommended: Unplug! Log out!

This week brings reviews of big summer novels by Emma Donoghue and Teddy Wayne, and more. And in case you missed last week’s news, NBCC poetry award winner Ada Limón (The Carrying, 2018)

Member Reviews/Essays NBCC board member Mandana Chaffa reviewed The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras for the Ploughshares blog. Former NBCC board member Mark Athitakis reviewed Teddy

Member Reviews/Essays NBCC board member Anita Felicelli reviewed Meron Hadero’s A Down Home Meal for These Troubled Times for Alta and Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona for The Washington Post. Kitty Kelley

Greetings NBCC Friends, Hope you’re enjoying the summer. Here’s the latest roundup of reviews, interviews, and news from our prolific freelancers. Please note that next week’s newsletter will come out

We’ve got big news to report this week. Drumroll, please . . . The NBCC is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Emerging Critics Fellowship: Layla Benitez-James Kathy

We have tons of great reviews, interviews, features, and other literary news for you this week!! Also: Stay tuned for next week, when we’ll announce our latest cohort of Emerging

We hope your June is off to a great start!! Reminder: in addition to your bylines, we encourage you to SEND US YOUR SHELVES!! We are currently featuring “shelfies”—photo of

Happy Summer, NBCC Members and Friends!! As always, please stay safe, and thanks for reading!! Member Reviews/Essays NBCC board member Mandana Chaffa reviewed Ada Limón’s new collection of poetry, The

It’s been a relatively slow news week—although, as you’ll see below, our members have been just as busy as ever!—so let’s take advantage of this brief lull to get you