January 13, 2014
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* We have an excellent new panel of board members! Megan Labrise interviews Chang-rae-Lee for Kirkus Reviews. Andrea Scrima writes
January 6, 2014
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Erika Dreifus spotlights five “Jewish books” to look forward to in 2014 for The Forward's Arty Semite blog. Harvey Freedenberg reveals
December 30, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Michael Gorra explores “why a book is the most satisfying present you'll find under the tree.” “Faces to Watch
December 23, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* NBCC board member Carolyn Kellogg remembers the recently deceased Ned Vizzini. “Pushing the boundaries: Four books for young adults
December 16, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
EDITOR'S NOTE: Starting today, the Monday roundups will now appear at 4 PM EST. ************************* NPR book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews S.J. Gazan's The Dinosaur Feather. She also delivers her
December 9, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* More NBCC Reads, all right here. Michael Lindgren Picks Tom Wolfe; Grace Lichtenstein Picks Jennifer Egan and Isabel Wilkerson; Charles Green
December 2, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
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November 25, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup, please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* In Bookforum, Rebecca Donner interviews former NBCC president John Freeman about his new book, How to Read a Novelist. NBCC
November 18, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup, please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* More NBCC Reads: What's Your Favorite NBCC Finalist of All time?, all linked here. Hope Reese reviews Ann Patchett's This
November 11, 2013
By Eric Liebetrau
Your reviews seed this roundup, please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* “Leonard Bernstein, the Man Behind the Legend of the Jewish Maestro.” Adam Kirsch on the legendary composer's collection of