For our next Long Tail entry, we’ve got suggestions from Art Taylor, a critic and professor at George Mason University, and Martha K. Baker, who writes about books for Episcopal
November 10, 2008
Fall 2008: Long Tail #2
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NBCC Reads
November 4, 2008
Fall 2008: Long Tail #1
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Although we posted our omnibus summary of responses last week, we will continue to highlight individual choices through the end of this month. To kick off the Long Tail series,
October 30, 2008
Fall 2008
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Visitors to Critical Mass will recall that we launched a new enterprise called “NBCC Good Reads” last fall. We are now rolling out a slightly tweaked version of the same
September 23, 2008
In Retrospect: Maureen N. McLane on John Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror”
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The following essay by NBCC board member and Balakian award winner Maureen N. McLane on John Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” winner of the first NBCC Award in Poetry
September 17, 2008
In Retrospect: Afaa M. Weaver on Merrill’s “The Changing Light at Sandover”
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The following essay by NBCC member Afaa M. Weaver on James Merrill’s “The Changing Light at Sandover,” winner of the 1982 NBCC Award in Poetry, is part of the NBCC’s
September 3, 2008
In Retrospect: Karen R. Long on Barry Lopez’s “Arctic Dreams”
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This essay by NBCC member Karen R. Long, book editor of Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer on Barry Lopez’s 1986 NBCC award winner for nonfiction “Arctic Dreams,” is part of the
July 15, 2008
IN RETROSPECT: JACKSON LEARS
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The following essay by NBCC member Tim Brown on “No Place of Grace: Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture, 1880-1920,” by T.J. Jackson Lears, a finalist for the 1981
July 8, 2008
In Retrospect: Troy Jollimore on Don DeLillo’s “Libra”
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The following essay by NBCC poetry award winner Troy Jollimore, on Don DeLillo’s Libra, a finalist for the 1988 NBCC award in fiction, is part of the NBCC’s “In Retrospect”
June 25, 2008
NBCC Good Reads 3 [The Looooong Tail] Meehan Crist Recommends
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NBCC member Meehan Crist, reviews editor at The Believer, has these picks for the NBCC Good Reads Spring 2008 list, recommendations by NBCC members, awards winners and finalists, thus ending
June 24, 2008
In Retrospect: Joy Katz on Carl Phillips
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The following essay by Joy Katz on Carl Phillips, whose Cortège was a finalist for the 1995 NBCC award in poetry, is part of the NBCC’s “In Retrospect” series on