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
June 17, 2022
Emerging CriticsA New Class of Emerging Critics
By Heather Scott Partington
We’re delighted to announce the 2022-2023 NBCC Emerging Critics Fellows. The Emerging Critics Fellowship, launched by Elizabeth Taylor in 2017, seeks to identify, nurture, and support the development of the... Read More
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March 17, 2022
AwardsAnnouncing the Winners of the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Awards
By Michael Schaub
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March 3, 2022
NBCC Statement on Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine
By The Board of Directors of the National Book Critics Circle
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Critical Notes
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July 5, 2022
New Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By Jennie Hann
Member Reviews/Essays NBCC board member Anita Felicelli reviewed Meron Hadero’s A Down Home Meal for These Troubled Times for Alta and Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona for The Washington Post. Kitty Kelley... Read More
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June 27, 2022
New Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By Jennie Hann
Greetings NBCC Friends, Hope you’re enjoying the summer. Here’s the latest roundup of reviews, interviews, and news from our prolific freelancers. Please note that next week’s newsletter will come out... Read More
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June 21, 2022
New Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By Jennie Hann
We’ve got big news to report this week. Drumroll, please . . . The NBCC is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022-2023 Emerging Critics Fellowship: Layla Benitez-James Kathy... Read More
Criticism & Features
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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
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March 16, 2022
Michael Schaub
30 Books
Until I Am Free by Keisha N. Blain: 2021 Biography FinalistUntil I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America by Keisha N. Blain (Beacon) The title of Keisha N. Blain’s magnificent biography of Fannie Lou Hamer comes from... Read More
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March 16, 2022
Carlin Romano
30 Books
Fierce Poise by Alexander Nemerov: 2021 Biography FinalistFierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York by Alexander Nemerov (Penguin Press) A few months into my five years of teaching philosophy at Bennington College, a faculty colleague, during... Read More
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March 15, 2022
Carlin Romano
30 Books
Mike Nichols by Mark Harris: 2021 Biography FinalistMike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris (Penguin Press) Igor Mikhail Peschkowsky, a seven-year-old Jewish boy from Berlin, made it by ship to the U.S. in May, 1939. Exquisite timing,... Read More