April 7, 2010
By Michael Gorra
The following essay from Balakian winner Michael Gorra, a look back at Shirley Hazzard's 1980 National Book Critics Circle fiction award winner, The Transit of Venus, was first published in
March 25, 2010
By James Marcus
We are now in our second year of “NBCC Reads.” This survey allows us to draw on the bookish expertise of our membership, along with former NBCC winners and nominees.
March 21, 2010
By Eric Banks
Critical Mass regularly highlights exemplary reviews by our member critics. Here, in an essay recently published at the Complete Review website, M.A. Orthofer discusses Émile Ajar's Hocus Bogus (Yale University
January 18, 2010
By Mike Fischer
As we wrap up the “aughts” decade, with digital books galore on the horizon (and the $195 Norton facsimile edition of C.J. Jung's objet d'art/culture The Red Book selling out
January 14, 2010
By Bruce Seymour
As we wind down the “aughts” decade, with digital books galore on the horizon (and the $195 Norton facsimile edition of C.J. Jung's objet d'art/culture The Red Book selling out
January 12, 2010
By Eric Banks
Critical Mass regularly highlights an exemplary review by an NBCC member. Here, in a review first published in the , Cynthia L. Haven considers René Girard's Battling to the End,
January 12, 2010
By Pius Charles Murray
As we wind down the “aughts” decade, with digital books galore on the horizon (and the $195 Norton facsimile edition of C.J. Jung’sobjet d’art/culture The Red Book selling out around
January 8, 2010
By Hans Ostrom
As we wind down the “aughts” decade, with digital books galore on the horizon (and the $195 Norton facsimile edition of C.J. Jung'sobjet d'art/culture The Red Book selling out around
January 6, 2010
By Diego Báez
As we leave behind the “aughts” decade, the NBCC seeks the best guest posts about the future of book culture, including essays, interviews and free-range opining. How do you see
January 5, 2010
By Anis Shivani
As we wind down the “aughts” decade, with digital books galore on the horizon (and the $195 Norton facsimile edition of C.J. Jung'sobjet d'art/culture The Red Book selling out around