Critical Notes

Member Reviews/Essays Meredith Maran reviewed Kirstin Valdez Quade’s The Five Woundsfor the Los Angeles Times. Rafael Castillo wrote about the faux “border crisis” for the San Antonio Express-News. Marianne Szegedy-Maszak

Photo of the Ramona Quimby statue in Portland, Ore., by Redfishingboat (Mick O) via Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0. “Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take

This weekend, our board voted on the recipients of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Awards! We’ll be revealing the winners at our virtual ceremony this Thursday, March 25. We’ll

Members and friends, it’s almost that time — the National Book Critics Circle Awards ceremony will be held next Thursday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time! Remember to register

Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well and staying safe! This week, our members have reviews of the latest books by Kazuo Ishiguro, Mateo Askaripour, Imbolo Mbue, Patricia Engel,

“But I am the man And I’ll be there. And I may cause the lips    of those who are asleep    to speak. And I may make my notebooks    into sheaves

Members and friends, we hope that all of you affected by last week’s winter storms are doing better and staying safe and warm—we’re keeping you in our thoughts.  In this

Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well and staying safe and warm! This week, our members have reviews of books by authors such as Dantiel W. Moniz, Brandon Hobson,

Members and friends, we hope you’re having a good February so far! Our members have been keeping busy, with reviews of books by Brandon Hobson, Dorthe Nors, Anakana Schofield, Chang-rae

Friends of the NBCC, just a reminder that if you missed last Sunday’s literary celebration, you can find a link to watch it here, and you can read the list