Linda Wolfe on Patti Smith’s “Just Kids”

By Linda Wolfe

Each day leading up to the March 10 announcement of the 2010 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty-one finalists (to read other entries in the series, click

Karen Long on Darin Strauss’s “Half a Life”

By Karen Long

Each day leading up to the March 10 announcement of the 2010 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty-one finalists (to read other entries in the series, click