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 25, 2021
The 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
By Michael Schaub
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Awards! Criticism: Nicole R. Fleetwood, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Harvard Univ. Press) Poetry: francine... Read More
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January 31, 2021
AwardsA Mirror or a Hammer: Balakian Award Winner Katy Waldman’s Remarks
By Katy Waldman
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Critical Notes
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April 12, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we hope you’re having a great spring so far! Our members have been busy this month, reviewing books by authors like Haruki Murakami, Dorthe Nors, Richard Thompson,... Read More
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April 5, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Member Reviews/Essays Meredith Maran reviewed Kirstin Valdez Quade’s The Five Woundsfor the Los Angeles Times. Rafael Castillo wrote about the faux “border crisis” for the San Antonio Express-News. Marianne Szegedy-Maszak... Read More
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March 29, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Photo of the Ramona Quimby statue in Portland, Ore., by Redfishingboat (Mick O) via Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0. “Quite often somebody will say, What year do your books take... 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