The latest from the National Book Critics Circle, including links to our members’ latest reviews, awards info and all things NBCC related.
News & Notes
Announcements
March 27, 2023
AwardsAn Interview with 2022 NBCC Nona Balakian Award Winner Jennifer Wilson
By Kathy Chow
The Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing is awarded each year to honor exceptional work by a member of the NBCC. The 2022 recipient of the Balakian Prize is... Read More
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March 27, 2023
AwardsJoy Harjo and Her Poetencies: An Interview with the 2022 NBCC Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
By Ricardo Jaramillo
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March 27, 2023
AwardsAn Interview with NBCC Service Award Winner Barbara Hoffert
By Halima Elmajdoubi
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Critical Notes
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March 27, 2023
The 2022 NBCC Awards, Plus Reviews from NBCC Members
By David Varno
Well, that’s a wrap! After three years of virtual awards ceremonies, we were so delighted to reunite in the glittering New School auditorium to honor the work of our award... Read More
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March 21, 2023
Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By Halima Elmajdoubi
This Thursday is our big night! The NBCC awards ceremony, followed by a reception. First, tomorrow, we’ll have virtual readings from the finalists. Register here if you haven’t already. Meanwhile, our 30 Books... Read More
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March 14, 2023
Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By Halima Elmajdoubi
Dear NBCC Friends, The in-person NBCC awards ceremony is coming up next week! Register here if you haven’t already. Meanwhile, our 30 Books in 30 Days series is complete, with... Read More
Criticism & Features
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March 12, 2023
Elizabeth Taylor
30 Books
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly GageIn her towering biography of one of the most powerful unelected officials in American history, Beverly Gage tells the story of the quintessential Government Man, John Edgar Hoover. He reigned... Read More
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March 10, 2023
David Varno
30 Books
Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-seventh Street, Manhattan by Darryl PinckneyConsummate essayist and novelist Darryl Pinckney’s lively and layered memoir has so much going on—any given page is rich with anecdotes, insights, and searching questions—that it eludes a quick summary.... Read More
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March 9, 2023
Elizabeth Taylor
30 Books
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family by Kerri K. GreenidgeSarah and Angelina Grimke have been celebrated as the sisters who came to abhor the slave system upon which their prominent South Carolina slaveholding family’s wealth depended. They defied the... Read More
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March 8, 2023
J. Howard Rosier
30 Books
Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative by Peter BrooksThough aimed at the literary humanities—the loose cluster of English, philosophy, history, and theological studies that, if current debates are any indication, have fallen on hard times—Peter Brooks’s Seduced by... Read More