November 21, 2014
By Linda Simon
Long-time NBCC member Linda Simon's “The Greatest Shows on Earth” is just out from the University of Chicago Press. Here's a sneak peak. From the Introduction: The nineteenth-century conceit of
November 15, 2014
By Admin
Last year, the NBCC introduced the new John Leonard Prize for a first book in any genre, named for a founding NBCC member and Sandrof awardee for lifetime achievement. It
November 12, 2014
By Admin
In the decade from 2003-2013, poet, critic and NBCC board member David Biespiel published a brief, dazzling essay on poetry every month in the book review of The Oregonian. It became
October 18, 2014
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Photo Credit: Heather Jacobs Sailing for Ithaca, Black Lawrence Press, 2014. Abayomi Animashaun is also the author of The Giving of Pears. A winner of the Hudson Prize and a
October 8, 2014
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
The Pat Boone Fan Club: My Life as a White Anglo-Saxon Jew, University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Sue William Silverman’s memoir, Love Sick: One Woman’s Journey through Sexual Addiction, is
September 19, 2014
By Jeff Esterholm
“What's your favorite first book by an author ever?” That's the question that launches the seventh year of the NBCC Reads series, which draws upon the bookish passions of our members
September 15, 2014
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Photo Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths Reliquaria, University of Nebraska Press, 2014. R.A. Villanueva is the author of Reliquaria, winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. He is also the winner
September 10, 2014
By David Varno
“What's your favorite first book by an author ever?” That's the question that launches the seventh year of the NBCC Reads series, which draws upon the bookish passions of our members
August 20, 2014
By Edie Meidav
“What's your favorite first book by an author ever?” That's the question that launches the seventh year of the NBCC Reads series, which draws upon the bookish passions of our
August 16, 2014
By Steven G. Kellman
“What's your favorite first book by an author ever?” That's the question that launches the seventh year of the NBCC Reads series, which draws upon the bookish passions of our