December 2, 2019
By Carolyn Kellogg
Tegan and Sara want you to run for the National Book Critics Circle board or submit to be considered for our excellence in reviewing prize. Now’s the time. Join the
November 24, 2019
By Mark Athitakis
The NBCC board for publishing year 2018, photographed at the NBCC awards on March 14, 2019. Members, this is the time of year when you can get deeply involved in
November 18, 2019
By Laurie Hertzel
Members, this is the time of year when you can get deeply involved in the NBCC — choosing the winner of the John Leonard Prize, voting for board members (and
November 11, 2019
By Mark Athitakis
We Need Your Help Selecting the Next Sandrof Award Honoree Each year, the NBCC board selects a person or institution to win the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, and we’d
November 3, 2019
By Carolyn Kellogg
The latest reviews, interviews and more from our members this week. Clea Simon reviewed Andre Aciman’s Find Me , the follow-up to Call Me by Your Name, for the Boston
October 27, 2019
By Mark Athitakis
Anita Felicelli reviewed Johanna Stoberock’s novel Pigs for On the Seawall, and spotlighted a dozen books that blur genre borders (including NBCC finalist Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go) for Electric Literature. George
October 20, 2019
By Mark Athitakis
NBCC president Laurie Hertzel wrote about the question of whether literary awards should be based on the book alone, or on the author, or some combination, for the Minnesota Star
October 14, 2019
By Carolyn Kellogg
NBCC board member Carolyn Kellogg wrote about the Nobel Prizes in Literature, awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke, at the Chicago Tribune. Kellogg also talked to Jeanette Winterson about
October 9, 2019
By Carolyn Kellogg
If you’re reading this online you have probably noticed that our website looks a little different. It’s thanks to a few changes behind the scenes that we’re really excited about.
October 2, 2019
By Carolyn Kellogg
Claude Peck reviewed Patti Smith’s Year of the Monkey for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Priscilla Gilman reviewed Ann Patchett’s The Dutch House for the Boston Globe. Heller McAlpin reviewed Patchett’s The Dutch House and Leslie Jamison’s Make It Scream, Make It