NBCC Reads: Music Novels From Kundera, Powers, Patchett…

By Mark Athitakis

When we invited members to select their favorite books about music, most responded by naming nonfiction works: biographies and autobiographies of artists, essay collections, histories. But like Wayne Koestenbaum, an

Conversations: Small Press Spotlight: Vievee Francis

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Author Photo: Corine Vermeulen Horse in the Dark, Northwestern University Press, 2012 Vievee Francis is the author of Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University Press, 2006). Her work has appeared in

NBCC Reads: What Is Your Favorite Book About Music?

By Mark Athitakis

Music is an essential part of the literary firmament. Even setting aside its obvious connections to poetry, music of all stripes has driven great fiction, criticism, memoirs, and biographies. That’s

Conversations: Small Press Spotlight: Natalie Diaz

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Author Photo: Joseph Gidjunis When My Brother Was an Aztec, Copper Canyon Press, 2012. Natalie Diaz grew up in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California, on the banks

Conversations: Small Press Spotlight: Joy Castro

By Rigoberto Gonzalez

Author Photo: Nicky Martínez Island of Bones, University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Joy Castro is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she is the associate director of

NBCC Reads: Gore Vidal, 1925-2012

By Mark Athitakis

Essayist, novelist, screenwriter, and critic Gore Vidal died this week in Los Angeles. He was 86. Vidal won the NBCC award in criticism for his 1982 book, The Second American

NBCC Reads: Norman Sims on Literary Journalism

By Mark Athitakis

Yesterday, we republished D.G. Myers' critique of the term “literary journalism.” As we wrap up this spring's NBCC Reads posts on the topic, we've asked Norman Sims for a response.