October 20, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Mary Jo Bang is the author of six collections of books, including “Elegy,” which received the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award. Her most recent collection, “The Bride of E,”
October 19, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Scott Esposito edits the online magazine of book reviews and essays the Quarterly Conversation. He’s written on literature for various publications and blogs at Conversational Reading. “Herta who?” aside, who
October 18, 2009
By Eric Banks
Each week Critical Mass features an exemplary review by an NBCC member. Below, in a review that originally appeared in Worlds Without Borders, Brendan Patrick Hughes considers Yu Hua’s Brothers
October 15, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
NBCC member Donna Rifkind reflects on the 35th anniversary: Happy 35th anniversary, NBCC! It’s amazing to think of the changes in book culture since your inception, and just as breathtaking
October 15, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
NBCC member Leigh Rastivo offers these thoughts on the future of the NBCC: A few months ago, I was compelled for the umpteenth time to play that contrived Hemingway six-word
October 13, 2009
By Eric Banks
Each week Critical Mass features an exemplary review by an NBCC member. Below, in a review that originally appeared in Bookforum, John Domini considers Richard Powers’s new novel Generosity: An
October 12, 2009
By Eric Banks
Here’s board member Eric Miles Williamson, whose new novel Welcome to Oakland appeared in July, speaking at the NBCC 35th anniversary celebration held at WNYC’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
October 11, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, Unbridled Books, 2009 C.M. Mayo is also the author of Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico
October 11, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
J. Peder Zane served on the NBCC Board from 2005-07. He lives in Raleigh, N.C., where he is co-authoring a book with Professor Adrian Bejan titled “Life is Flow: The
October 10, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
Lev Grossman remembers his time on the NBCC board, from 2004 to 2008 I was elected to the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle in 2004. This