March 25, 2013
By Jane Ciabattari
Chinua Achebe's death last week brought to mind PEN American Center's celebration of the author's work, as recalled by David Ulin. Among the Philip Roth birthday notices, Steve Kellman's “Four
March 18, 2013
By Jane Ciabattari
Wrapping up the “13 Bests of AWP 2013” for the Huffington Post, Ru Freeman named NBCC board member and AWP organizer, Harvard professor, NBCC criticism finalist and poet Stephen Burt
March 11, 2013
By Jane Ciabattari
Dallas News kvells, book editor Michael Merschel grabs a quote from Ben Fountain re his NBCC fiction award for “Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk.” NBCC's multitasking web manager David Varno
March 6, 2013
By Jane Ciabattari
First up, video of the National Book Critics Circle finalists reading, complete list of National Book Critics Circle award winners, video of Sandrof lifetime achievement winners Sandra Gilbert and Susan
February 24, 2013
By Mark Athitakis
Michael Lindgren reviews this year's NBCC finalists in criticism for the Washington Post. George De Stefano reviews Petra Reski's The Honored Society: A Portrait of Italy's Most Powerful Mafia for the
February 18, 2013
By Mark Athitakis
Jim Carmin reviews Ron Rash's short-story collection Nothing Gold Can Stay for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Michael Lindgren delivers an appreciation of John Ashbery's The Dream Songs at the Rumpus. Julia M. Klein reviews
February 11, 2013
By Mark Athitakis
Katherine A. Powers reviews P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters for the Barnes & Noble Review. Jim Carmin reviews Karen Russell's short-story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, for the
February 4, 2013
By Mark Athitakis
Kyle Minor praises Eula Biss's Notes From No Man's Land, the NBCC 2009 winner in criticism newly released on audiobook, as “the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or
January 28, 2013
By Mark Athitakis
After hearing Richard Blanco’s inaugural poem, Washington Post commentator Alexandra Petri wondered if poetry is dead. John Deming has some strong words in response; so does David Biespiel. Daniel Mendelsohn
January 21, 2013
By Mark Athitakis
Last week's announcement of the NBCC finalists generated plenty of coverage, from the Los Angeles Times to the Washington Post to the New York Times to the Minnapolis Star-Tribune to