December 30, 2010
By Eric Banks
Since 2009 the NBCC has sponsored NBCC Reads, a set of surveys drawing on the bookish expertise of our membership as well as former winners and finalists. This fall our
December 20, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Is this the year of the small press or what? The Pulitzer Prize went to Paul Harding’s Tinkers, published by Bellevue Literary Press (yes, as in the Bellevue Hospital), which
December 14, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Haywire, Starcherone Books, 2010. Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of two previous novels, Roughhouse (Kaya Press, 1999) and Tetched (Behler Publications, 2005). He teaches literature at Medgar Evers College and
December 14, 2010
By Eric Banks
Since 2009 the NBCC has sponsored NBCC Reads, a set of surveys drawing on the bookish expertise of our membership as well as former winners and finalists. This fall our
December 9, 2010
By Eric Banks
Since 2009 the NBCC has sponsored NBCC Reads, a set of surveys drawing on the bookish expertise of our membership as well as former winners and finalists. This fall our
December 3, 2010
By Mark Athitakis
This post continues a series on Critical Mass featuring websites dedicated to book reviewing online. Read previous Q&As with The Rumpus, The Millions, The Quarterly Conversation, Open Letters Monthly, Three Percent,
November 23, 2010
By Eric Banks
NBCC member Greg Gerke recently sent Critical Mass the following dispatch: Wallace Stevens Week at Bigother.com was a great success, with record numbers of views and more important, greater exposure
November 20, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Author Photo: Kent Barker Adamantine, White Pine Press, 2010. Shin Yu Pai's previous books include Haiku Not Bombs (Booklyn Artists Alliance, 2008), Works on Paper (Convivio Bookworks, 2007), Sightings: Selected
October 26, 2010
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open, University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. Diane Seuss is writer-in-residence at Kalamazoo College. Her first poetry collection was It Blows Your Hollow (New Issues, 1998),
October 25, 2010
By Eric Banks
We are now in our second year of “NBCC Reads.” This survey allows us to draw on the bookish expertise of our membership, along with former NBCC winners and finalists.