Critical Notes

We hope you’re all having a great month so far! Our members have definitely been having a busy one, reviewing books by authors like Simon Han, Ellen Cooney, Phil Klay,

Our members have been keeping busy this fall, writing reviews of books by authors like Meena Kandasamy, Bryan Washington, Nicole Krauss, Martha S. Jones, Graham Swift and more, and interviewing

Member Reviews/Essays Christoph Irmscher reviewed Steven Turner’s The Science of James Smithson for The Wall Street Journal.  Heller McAlpin reviewed Martin Amis’s Inside Story for The Christian Science Monitor. Tom

We hope you’re all staying safe and getting in some quality reading time this fall! This week, our members have reviews of books by Don DeLillo, Kerri Arsenault, Bryan Washington,

We hope you’re all having a great October so far! This week, our members have reviews of books by Rumaan Alam, Phil Klay, Laura van den Berg, Scott O’Connor and

The National Book Critics Circle and Orion Magazine are co-sponsoring an online event this week as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival’s Bookends series, and we’d love to see you

We hope you’re all staying safe and doing well as summer comes to a close! This week, our members have reviews of books by Bobbie Ann Mason, Sigrid Nunez, Walter

Welcome to a new edition of Critical Notes! This week, our members have reviews of the latest books by Susanna Clarke, Yaa Gyasi, Jenny Bhaat, David Biespiel, Elena Ferrante, Sigrid