Critical Notes

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

Member Reviews/Essays NBCC board member Anita Felicelli reviewed Melissa Chadburn’s A Tiny Upward Shove for Alta. She also wrote an essay on Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, Alta’s California Book Club pick for this month. For The Dallas Morning News, NBCC board

Greetings, NBCC Members and Friends! We hope your spring is off to a great start!! Member Reviews/Essays Former NBCC president and current VP/Online David Varno reflected on the organization’s past

Greetings, NBCC Friends!! Happy May!! As always, our members have been busy. Below you’ll find reviews of novels by Hernan Diaz, Adriana Trigiani, and Zachary Lazar; new non-fiction from David de

Greetings, NBCC friends!! Our members have been reviewing new titles by authors including Ben Shattuck and Kyung-sook Shin, writing features on topics ranging from book censorship to the history of

Greetings, NBCC members and friends!! We’d like to remind you that applications for our 2022-23 Emerging Critics Fellowship are open on Submittable from now through May 7. NBCC Vice President/Emerging