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January 28, 2015

Year 2014: Carmela Ciuraru on Rabih Alameddine’s ‘An Unnecessary Woman’

By Carmela Ciuraru

In the weeks leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2014 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Carmela Ciuraru offers an appreciation of

January 27, 2015

Year 2014: Karen Long on Lacy M. Johnson’s ‘The Other Side’

By Karen Long

In the weeks leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2014 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Karen Long offers an appreciation of

January 23, 2015

Year 2014: Steven G. Kellman on Ezra Greenspan’s ‘William Wells Brown’

By Steven G. Kellman

In the weeks leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2014 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Steven G. Kellman offers an appreciation

January 22, 2015

Year 2014: Rigoberto González on Saeed Jones’ ‘Prelude to Bruise’

By Rigoberto González

In the weeks leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2014 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Rigoberto González offers an appreciation of Saeed

March 11, 2014

Year 2013: Marcela Valdes on Javier Marías’s ‘The Infatuations’

By Marcela Valdes

In the weeks leading up to the March 13 announcement of the 2013 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Marcela Valdes offers an

March 10, 2014

Year 2013: Alex Abramovich on Lawrence Wright’s ‘Going Clear’

By Alex Abramovich

 In the weeks leading up to the March 13 announcement of the 2013 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Alex Abramovich offers an appreciation of

March 10, 2014

Year 2013: Benjamin Moser on Mark Thompson’s ‘Birth Certificate’

By Benjamin Moser

In the weeks leading up to the March 13 announcement of the 2013 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Benjamin Moser offers an appreciation of

March 10, 2014

Year 2013: Carolyn Kellogg on Janet Malcolm’s ‘Forty-One False Starts’

By Carolyn Kellogg

In the weeks leading up to the March 13 announcement of the 2013 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Carolyn Kellogg offers an

March 10, 2014

Year 2013: Eric Banks on Mary Beard’s ‘Confronting the Classics’

By Eric Banks

In the weeks leading up to the March 13 announcement of the 2013 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Eric Banks offers an appreciation of

March 10, 2014

Year 2013: Elizabeth Taylor on George Packer’s “The Unwinding”

By Elizabeth Taylor

In the weeks leading up to the March 13 announcement of the 2013 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Elizabeth Taylor offers an appreciation

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