Last week a small gathering convened at a Sacramento Barnes & Noble to discuss what constitutes a good read, why people pick books up in the first place, and how
February 19, 2008
Dispatch from the NBCC Good Reads in Sacramento
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February 19, 2008
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Last week a small gathering convened at a Sacramento Barnes & Noble to discuss what constitutes a good read, why people pick books up in the first place, and how
February 19, 2008
By Larry Dark
This year, as judge of the Willesden Herald Short Story Prize, author Zadie Smith, decided not to give out the generous £5,000 (approximately $10,000) award. A panel had selected a
February 18, 2008
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Recent NBCC finalist Susan Faludi is profiled at the Guardian, which also runs long excerpts from The Terror Dream, here and here. NBCC member Chuck Leddy reminds that Lincoln grabbed
February 18, 2008
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Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor, the former whaling village on the East End of Long Island, has a wall of poetry books,readings every week, and lots of “local authors” on
February 18, 2008
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National Book Critics CircleGood Reads DiscussionThird Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WashingtonMonday, February 18 at 7pmThe National Book Critics Circle (bookcritics.org) polled more than 600 writers, they’ve come up
February 17, 2008
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We’ve never had a National Book Critics Circle event in Washington, DC before, so you’ll have to forgive my breathless fangirl prose. As soon-to-be NBCC board member Scott McLemee said
February 17, 2008
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NBCC members and finalists and winners of our book award were eligible to vote in the winter edition of the NBCC’s Good Reads. Member critic Edward Nawotka voted for Lee
February 17, 2008
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NBCC members and finalists and winners of our book award were eligible to vote in the winter edition of the NBCC’s Good Reads. Poet and critic Joel Brouwer voted for
February 17, 2008
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NBCC members and finalists and winners of our book award were eligible to vote in the winter edition of the NBCC’s Good Reads. Biographer and fiction writer Julia Blackburn, whose
February 17, 2008
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NBCC members and finalists and winners of our book award were eligible to vote in the winter edition of the NBCC’s Good Reads. Critic and novelist Katharine Weber voted for