June 23, 2009
By James Marcus
To continue the Long Tail series, we have suggestions from Believer editor Meehan Crist and from Jim Ruland, whose most recent collection of short fiction is Big Lonesome. (You can
June 16, 2009
By James Marcus
Although we posted our omnibus summary of responses back in May, we will continue to highlight individual choices through the summer. To continue the Long Tail series, we have suggestions
June 14, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
All Screwed Up, Benu Press, 2009. Steve Fellner’s first book of poems Blind Date with Cavafy was released by Marsh Hawk Press. It won the Thom Gunn Gay Male Poetry
June 11, 2009
By Eric Banks
Critical Mass regularly features an exemplary review by a National Book Critics Circle member critic. Here, from the El Paso Times, Rigoberto González reviews Diana López’s Confetti Girl. Corpus Christi
June 5, 2009
By Eric Banks
Critical Mass regularly features an exemplary review by a National Book Critics Circle member critic. Here, from the Quarterly Conversation, Steven G. Kellman reviews J. Robert Lennon’s Castle. In his
June 3, 2009
By Jane Ciabattari
NBCC member Donna Seaman, the first book critic to guest edit the TriQuarterly, sends us this excerpt from “Strong Medicine,” her introductory essay to TriQuarterly #133. (The cover is by
May 31, 2009
By Karen Long
The nature of authority and the wisdom of the crowd were batted about Saturday afternoon during a packed Book Expo America panel discussion entitled “Book Reviews 2010: What Will They
May 30, 2009
By Rigoberto Gonzalez
Birdwatching in Wartime, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2009. Jeffrey Thomson is the author of three previous collections of poetry. An Associate Professor of creative writing at the University of Maine,
May 27, 2009
By Eric Banks
Critical Mass regularly features an exemplary review by a National Book Critics Circle member critic. Here, from the Los Angeles Times, NBCC member Marcela Valdes reviews Gerald Martin’s Gabriel Garcia
May 26, 2009
By Eric Banks
In this series, the National Book Critics Circle will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from former Balakian