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, 2021
AwardsA Mirror or a Hammer: Balakian Award Winner Katy Waldman’s Remarks
By Katy Waldman
Thank you so much. As you know, a favorite past-time for book people is giving speeches. That said, I did get myself pretty pumped to address you all last March.... Read More
Critical Notes
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March 1, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
“But I am the man And I’ll be there. And I may cause the lips of those who are asleep to speak. And I may make my notebooks into sheaves... Read More
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February 22, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we hope that all of you affected by last week’s winter storms are doing better and staying safe and warm—we’re keeping you in our thoughts. In this... Read More
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February 15, 2021
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well and staying safe and warm! This week, our members have reviews of books by authors such as Dantiel W. Moniz, Brandon Hobson,... Read More
Criticism & Features
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March 3, 2021
Tara Wanda Merrigan
30 Books
Red Comet by Heather Clark: 2020 Biography FinalistRed Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark (Knopf) Before reading Heather Clark’s Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath ... Read More
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March 2, 2021
Stephanie Burt
30 Books
Home Baked by Alia Volz: 2020 Autobiography FinalistHome Baked: Marijuana, My Mother and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Ample, skillfully researched, and cleanly narrated, Volz’s debut is really five books in... Read More
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March 1, 2021
Charles Finch
30 Books
Obit by Victoria Chang: 2020 Poetry FinalistObit by Victoria Chang (Copper Canyon) Very few books are straightforwardly about death, but Obit, by the poet Victoria Chang, is one of them. Except that death turns out to... Read More
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February 26, 2021
Marion Winik
30 Books
The Dragons, The Giant, The Women by Wayétu Moore: 2020 Autobiography FinalistThe Dragons, The Giant, The Women by Wayétu Moore (Graywolf) Moore opens her unconventional, deftly crafted debut memoir — it follows her 2018 fiction debut, She Would Be King —... Read More