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
July 15, 2020
The NBCC Announces New Board Members
By National Book Critics Circle Board
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2020 The National Book Critics Circle Announces New Board Members The Board of Directors of the National Book Critics Circle appointed fifteen board members on... Read More
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June 18, 2020
A Statement From the National Book Critics Circle
By National Book Critics Circle Board
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June 11, 2020
The National Book Critics Circle’s Anti-Racism Pledge
By Members of an NBCC Working Committee
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Critical Notes
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August 10, 2020
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
We hope everybody’s having a great August! Our members don’t seem to know the meaning of “summer vacation”—they’ve been especially busy this past week. Check out their reviews of the... Read More
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August 3, 2020
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Member Reviews and Essays Sarah Harrison Smith reviewed Hilary McKay’s The Time of Green Magic for The New York Times Book Review. Tess Taylor reviewed Susan Howe’s Concordance for The... Read More
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July 27, 2020
New reviews and more from NBCC members
By Michael Schaub
Member Reviews and Essays Three NBCC members took on Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet this week: Heller McAlpin reviewed the novel for NPR, and board member Colette Bancroft shared her thoughts on... 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