July 15, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
Ron Charles reviews What Is Left the Daughter, by Howard Norman: An award-winning translator who teaches creative writing at the University of Maryland, College Park, Norman offers a kind of
July 6, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
Ron Charles reviews David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet in The Washington Post Book World: In the first part of the novel, Mitchell spins out this
June 29, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
NB: Please send your links (to reviews, interviews, essays) to Bethanne Patrick, thebookmaven at gmail dot com. At Chapter 16, Margaret Rankl interviews “Mr. Peanut” author Adam Ross: Personally,
June 21, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
Thanks, everyone, for your patience over the last few weeks. We're definitely still running the roundup and I'm definitely still collecting links every week, so please keep sending them to
May 4, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
The LA Times lead review last weekend was Gregg Barrios on “The Farthest Home Is an Empire of Fire” by John Phillip Santos: His story is initially more compelling than
April 26, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
Here's this week's installment in the roundup series featuring the work of NBCC members and curated by NBCC member Bethanne Patrick. Links to member reviews will also be posted on
April 21, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
Each week on Critical Mass NBCC Bethanne Patrick curates a round up highlighting the work of NBCC members (to submit, send links to thebookmaven@gmail.com). Candace Levy reviews the audiobook version
April 12, 2010
By Bethanne Patrick
Today Critical Mass launches a new roundup series featuring the work of NBCC members and curated by NBCC member Bethanne Patrick. Links to member reviews will be posted here, on
September 22, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Blogger Andrew Sullivan helps sell subscriptions to the print version of The Atlantic. Are you following “Best of the Millennium” so far on The Millions? Countdown continues! Adam Kirsch calls
August 26, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Morris Dickstein explains that the title of his new book does not come from a Bruce Springsteen song. John Freeman wonders if we should slow down…“The boundlessness of the Internet