NBCC Reads

Members and finalists and winners of the National Book Critics Circle book award were eligible to vote in the winter edition of the NBCC’s Good Reads. One of the member

The NBCC invited all the former finalists and winners of our book prize to vote in the winter edition of the NBCC’s Good Reads. Steven Pinker, whose book, “How the

The following essay on Norman Rush’s “Mating” by Swarthmore College history professor Tim Burke is the second of three posts in the In Retrospect series which will look back at

LAST NOVEMBER, the NBCC launched The Best Recommended List, a project we hope becomes an alternative for bestseller lists. Why do we need another option? Well, for starters, bestseller lists

Last week, Critical Mass began publishing an essay by Molly McQuade, columnist, editor, former NBCC board member and author of the critical volumes “By Herself” and “Stealing Glimpses,” on how

Last week, Critical Mass began publishing an essay by Molly McQuade, columnist, editor, former NBCC board member and author of the critical volumes “By Herself” and “Stealing Glimpses,” on how

The following essay comes to us from Molly McQuade, former NBCC board member, poet, and author of the critical volumes “By Herself” and “Stealing Glimpses.” Here, in this first part

LAST month, the NBCC launched a Best Recommended List, drawn from the votes of our members and over a hundred former finalists and winners of our award. We invited and

LAST month, the NBCC launched a Best Recommended List, drawn from the votes of our members and over a hundred former finalists and winners of our award. (For more on