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
October 19, 2020
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
We hope you’re all having a great fall so far! This week, our members have been extremely busy, publishing reviews of authors like E.O. Wilson, Eula Biss, David Leavitt, Aoko... Read More
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July 15, 2020
The NBCC Announces New Board Members
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
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June 18, 2020
A Statement From the National Book Critics Circle
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Critical Notes
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October 19, 2020
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
We hope you’re all having a great fall so far! This week, our members have been extremely busy, publishing reviews of authors like E.O. Wilson, Eula Biss, David Leavitt, Aoko... Read More
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October 12, 2020
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
We hope you’re all having a great October so far! This week, our members have reviews of books by Rumaan Alam, Phil Klay, Laura van den Berg, Scott O’Connor and... Read More
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October 5, 2020
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
We hope you’re all having a good fall so far! Our members have been keeping busy over the past week, reviewing books by Alice Hoffman, Alex Ross, Mia Couto, Marilynne... Read More
Criticism & Features
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March 11, 2020
Kerri Arsenault
30 Books
The Buried by Peter Hessler: 2019 Nonfiction finalistThe Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler (Penguin Press) Peter Hessler excavates political and cultural landscapes in Egypt in the mid- to waning days of the... Read More
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March 11, 2020
Hope Wabuke
30 Books
No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Snyder: 2019 Nonfiction finalistIt starts with a woman who has been killed—along with her children—by her husband. There is the inability of some of her surviving family to speak of it; the need,... Read More
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March 10, 2020
Tess Taylor
30 Books
Doomstead Days by Brian Teare: 2019 Poetry finalist“To praise this, blame that, / Leads one subtly away from the beginning, where / We must stay, in motion.” This quote from John Ashbery’s “Houseboat Days” anchors Teare’s latest... Read More
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March 9, 2020
David Varno
30 Books
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner: 2019 Fiction finalistA number of novels have come out in recent years with a promise of having something to say about the American interior, whether through stories of opioid addiction, combat veterans,... Read More