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
January 31, 2023
AwardsNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022
By Megan Labrise
NBCC launches Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize and NBCC Service Award; Joy Harjo, City Lights receive lifetime achievement awards New York, NY (January 31, 2023)—Tonight, in a virtual event... Read More
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December 8, 2022
AwardsNational Book Critics Circle Announces Inaugural Longlist of Barrios Book in Translation Prize
By NBCC
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Critical Notes
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February 6, 2023
Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By Halima Elmajdoubi
Last Tuesday, we announced the finalists for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards! Congratulations to all who were selected. If you missed the event, you can watch it her. You can... Read More
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January 30, 2023
Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By David Varno
Dear NBCC Friends, We can’t wait to share the finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards. Tune in tomorrow night for the virtual presentation, produced by Wildbound Live. Reviews Martha Anne Toll... Read More
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January 23, 2023
Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By David Varno
Dear NBCC Friends, A week from tomorrow, we’ll announce the finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards. Stay tuned for a registration link. The strike at HarperCollins continues after two months, still with no... Read More
Criticism & Features
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February 8, 2023
Colette Bancroft
30 Books
Fen, Bog, and Swamp by Annie ProulxAnnie Proulx’s towering gifts for narrative and description have been pillars of her award-winning fiction, and she brings those gifts to her slim, powerful nonfiction book Fen, Bog & Swamp... Read More
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February 7, 2023
Heather Scott Partington
30 Books
Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century by Jennifer Homans“Dancers do not work from texts because there are no texts,” Jennifer Homans writes in her resplendent biography, Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century (Random House). “Dances are passed… from... Read More
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February 6, 2023
May-lee Chai
30 Books
Linea Nigra by Jazmina Barrera, trans. by Christina MacSweeneyJazmina Barrera’s Linea Nigra (Two Lines Press) is a gorgeous book of insightful, often poetic essays. It’s the autobiography of a woman-identified writer who is deeply examining multiple creative acts... Read More
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March 16, 2022
Michael Schaub
30 Books
Clairvoyant of the Small by Susan BernofskyClairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser by Susan Bernofsky (Yale) “We don’t need to see anything out of the ordinary,” Robert Walser once wrote. “We already see... Read More