NBCC Reads: Fall 2008: Long Tail #2

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For our next Long Tail entry, we’ve got suggestions from Art Taylor, a critic and professor at George Mason University, and Martha K. Baker, who writes about books for Episcopal

NBCC Reads: Fall 2008: Long Tail #1

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Although we posted our omnibus summary of responses last week, we will continue to highlight individual choices through the end of this month. To kick off the Long Tail series,

NBCC Reads: Fall 2008

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Visitors to Critical Mass will recall that we launched a new enterprise called “NBCC Good Reads” last fall. We are now rolling out a slightly tweaked version of the same

Conversations: SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: XU XI

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Evanescent Isles: From My City-Village, Hong Kong University Press, 2008. Xu Xi is one of Hong Kong’s leading English language writers. She is the author of seven books of fiction