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
July 13, 2021
Emerging CriticsMeet the 2021-2022 Emerging Critics
By Heather Scott Partington
Mandana Chaffa is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Nowruz Journal, a periodical of Persian arts and letters, and Editor and Senior Strategist at Chicago Review of Books. Her writing has appeared or is... Read More
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July 2, 2021
Emerging CriticsAnnouncing the 2021-2022 NBCC Emerging Critics Fellows
By Heather Scott Partington
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Critical Notes
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August 2, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we hope you’re having a good summer! Our members have been keeping busy with reviews of books by authors like Rajiv Mohabir, Rodrigo Garcia, Marina Jarre, Mariana... Read More
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July 26, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we hope you’re having a great summer so far! Over the past week, our members have been busy with reviews of books by authors including Matthew Specktor,... Read More
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July 19, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we hope you’re having a good summer so far! If you missed last week’s NBCC conversation about racial consciousness in literary criticism, you can watch it online... Read More
Criticism & Features
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March 25, 2021
Michael Schaub
30 Books
Memorial by Bryan Washington: 2020 Fiction FinalistMemorial by Bryan Washington (Riverhead) When we first meet the young couple at the heart of Bryan Washington’s Memorial, Mike, a chef, has just told Benson, a daycare worker, that... Read More
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March 25, 2021
Elizabeth Taylor
30 Books
Stranger in the Shogun’s City by Amy Stanley: 2020 Biography FinalistStranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley (Scribner) You have that just right: Amy Stanley tells the story of how Edo became Tokyo... Read More
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March 24, 2021
Elizabeth Taylor
30 Books
Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro: 2020 Nonfiction FinalistShakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future by James Shapiro (Penguin Press) Although William Shakespeare lived long before England’s unruly colony tossed... Read More
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March 24, 2021
Stephanie Burt
30 Books
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson: 2020 Nonfiction FinalistCaste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House) New York Times journalist Wilkerson gained national fame (and an NBCC award) for The Warmth of Other Suns, an... Read More