Museum of Accidents, by Rachel Zucker

By Maureen McLane

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Maureen McLane discusses

Chronic, by D.A. Powell

By Craig Morgan Teicher

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Craig Morgan Teicher

Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey

By Steven G. Kellman

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Steven G. Kellman

A Village Life, by Louise Glück

By Maureen McLane

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Maureen McLane discusses

Lark and Termite, by Jayne Anne Phillips

By Jane Ciabattari

Each day leading up to the March 11 announcement of the 2009 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member and president Jane

Thirty Books in Thirty Days

By Eric Banks

Beginning today, Critical Mass will highlight on a daily basis the thirty books selected as the 2009 finalists for our annual awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Criticism, Biography, and Autobiography.