Memoirists, diarists, and, of course, George Saunders

By Laurie Hertzel

In her global books column for BBC.com, NBCC Vice President/Online Jane Ciabattari recommends George Saunders' first novel (and Ethel Rohan's), plus a “gritting, surprisingly disarming portrait of the grim Stalinist

Post-Inaugural: Politics, Poetry and Auster

By Elizabeth Taylor

The national political scene dominates the headlines. Minneapolis Star Tribune books editor and NBCC board member Laurie Hertzel writes a column for the Minneapolis Star Tribune on 12  books to read

Moonglow, Black Elk and More Swing Time

By Elizabeth Taylor

Reception for Michel Chabon’s Moonglow have been glowing. Heller McAlpin reviews the novel for NPR.  She also reviews Zadie Smith’s Swing Time for the San Francisco Chronicle.  Ellen Akins reviews Chabon's

Swing Time, Secondhand Time, and Interesting Times

By Bethanne Patrick

The old (purportedly) Chinese curse has come true. We live in interesting times.  For the moment, those times are still producing lots of interesting book reviews, as you'll see in