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
August 22, 2022
Statement on the Attack Against Salman Rushdie
By NBCC
The National Book Critics Circle joins the literary community in wishing Salman Rushdie a strong recovery after the attack last week, which has left all of us reeling and reflecting... Read More
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Critical Notes
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September 26, 2022
Reviews and More from NBCC Members
By David Varno
Dear NBCC Friends, We at the NBCC are remembering the work of Hilary Mantel, who died last week at 70, and whose Wolf Hall won the 2009 NBCC fiction award. Board member Linda Wolfe, in... Read More
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September 19, 2022
New Reviews and More From NBCC Members
By David Varno
Dear NBCC Friends, To help kick off the Brooklyn Book Festival, the NBCC will hold a virtual Bookend event on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7pm-8pm ET with John Leonard Prize winners and nominees Torrey... Read More
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September 13, 2022
Reviews and More from NBCC Members
By David Varno
Dear NBCC Friends, We’ve lost some great ones in the blink of a week. At the NBCC, we’re remembering the work of trailblazing journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, whose Fear of Falling: The... 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