March 24, 2014
Roundup on 1-week hiatus: Our regularly scheduled programming will resume next Monday, March 31.
By Eric Liebetrau
Critical Notes
March 17, 2014
Roundup: Jonathan Franzen, Ayelet Waldman and the recipients of the 2013 NBCC Awards; and more
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Congratulations to the recipients of the 2013 awards! See the video from the ceremony here and photos here. NBCC board member Ron
March 10, 2014
Roundup: Lorrie Moore, Yiyun Li, Blake Bailey, Andrew Bacevich, Benjamin Black, and more
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Don't forget to check out our 2013 30 Books in 30 Days. ************************* For USA Today, Carmela Ciuraru reviews Sarah Churchwell's
March 3, 2014
Roundup: Derek Walcott, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lorrie Moore, the top books of the spring, and more
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Don't forget to check out our 2013 30 Books in 30 Days. ************************* Barbara Spindel talks to Alex Myers about
February 24, 2014
Roundup: Elizabeth Kolbert, Roddy Doyle, Penelope Lively, Isabel Allende and this week’s hot reads
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Don't forget to check out our 2013 30 Books in 30 Days. ************************* “Winter Inspired These Authors: James Salter, Virginia
February 17, 2014
Roundup: Roddy Doyle, Jennifer Senior, Amy Chua, William Burroughs, B.J. Novak and more
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Don't forget to check out the 2013 30 Books in 30 Days, featuring reviews of the 30 NBCC finalists over the
February 10, 2014
Roundup: Nicholas Dawidoff, Robert Harris, Joe Sacco, Bob Shacochis and more
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* “Why a book about a football team is a modern-day classic about organizational management.” NBCC board member Mark Athitakis
February 3, 2014
Roundup: Paul Auster, Richard Powers, Rebecca Mead, E.L. Doctorow, and Greg Grandin
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Don't forget to check out the 2013 30 Books in 30 Days, featuring reviews of the 30 NBCC finalists
January 27, 2014
Roundup: E.L. Doctorow, Richard Powers, Gary Shteyngart and more
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Jan Gardner on Marilyn Nelson's How I Discovered Poetry. “Something More than Style”: NBCC board member David Biespiel's latest
January 20, 2014
Roundup: 2013 NBCC Award Finalists announced!…and much more
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* THE BIG NEWS from the NBCC board of directors: 2013 NBCC Awards Finalists announced! ************************* Clea Simon reviews Sue Monk