Summer Reading, John Domini and more Barkskins

By Elizabeth Taylor

Heading into a holiday weekend, NBCC Past President and current VP/Online Jane Ciabattari selects 10 new beach reads for her Between the Lines columnn for BBC.com. And for her weekly

Barkskins, Stephen King and Orlando

By Elizabeth Taylor

Annie Proulx's Barkskins attracted significant attention from book reviewers.  Jeffrey Ann Goudie reviews the novel for the Kansas City Star.  Board member Colette Bancroft reviews Barkskins for the Tampa Bay Times.

Rob Spillman, Edna O’Brien, Hope Jahren, and more

By Michele Filgate

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Douglas Brinkley, Charles Bock, Dana Spiotta, and more

By Carmela Ciuraru

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NBCC Awards Issue

By Jane Ciabattari

The National Book Critics Circle awards were presented March 17 at the New School, with a packed after-party (Beowulf Sheehan pix  here on the NBCC Facebook page), and reports far