January 2, 2017
By Laurie Hertzel
From Edward Hopper to Gunter Grass, from Rumi to Judas, we give you reviews and interviews. NBCC members/Energizer Bunnies keep on working, straight through the holidays, straight toward the dark, if
December 26, 2016
By Laurie Hertzel
During this darkest time of the year, we celebrate the light cast by wise reviews of good books. But first, some good news: Hearty congratulations to NBCC board member Tess Taylor,
December 12, 2016
By Carmela Ciuraru
Your reviews seed this roundup. Please send items, including news about recent publications and honors, to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. (Current members only.) Please only send links that do not require a subscription or a
December 6, 2016
By Michele Filgate
Your reviews seed this roundup. Please send items, including news about recent publications and honors, to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. (Current members only.) Please only send links that do not require a subscription or a
November 27, 2016
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
November 21, 2016
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
November 14, 2016
By Laurie Hertzel
It's been a week, hasn't it? Books keep us going. Here are your reviews for the last week. And some good news: voting for the #NBCCLeonard award for best
November 7, 2016
By Bethanne Patrick
Greetings to all on a week that's beginning tensely for our nation's politics; check out a few of the assembled reviews to remember that many thinking people make up our
November 1, 2016
By Laurie Hertzel
Your reviews seed this roundup. Please send items, including news about recent publications and honors, to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. (Current members only.) Please send links that do not require a subscription or a
October 9, 2016
By Bethanne Patrick
Greetings, critics and readers. This week we’ve got a good mix of fiction and nonfiction, reviews and interviews. Kerri Arsenault talked to Matt Weiland, lover of soccer and talking rabbits,