August, 2008
Oscar Leaving the Chronicle
by admin | Aug-26-2008
NBCC board member Oscar Villalon, book editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, departs on Friday, August 29. He took a buyout, but, he says, he’s still in...read »
SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: LATINO WRITERS COLLECTIVE
by admin | Aug-22-2008
Primera Pagina: Poetry from the Latino Heartland, Scapegoat Press, 2008.
Speaking on behalf of the Latino Writers Collective is Linda Rodriguez, who heads...read »
MANNY FARBER, RIP
by admin | Aug-19-2008
Manny Farber, whose writings on film were a deep source of inspiration not only for movie critics but also for literary critics and anyone who took cinema as...read »
SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: KAZIM ALI
by admin | Aug-16-2008
The Fortieth Day, Boa Editions, 2008.
Kazim Ali is also the author of The Far Mosque (Alice James Books, 2005) and the novel Quinn’s Passage (blazevox...read »
PARDON THIS BRIEF DIGRESSION…
by admin | Aug-15-2008
It’s not just we book critics who are losing out as newspapers shrink…Labels: Industry News...read »
FRIDAY ROUNDUP
by admin | Aug-15-2008
In the Chicago Tribune, NBCC member Donna Seaman reviews Peter Ferry’s Travel Writing.
Meanwhile in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, NBCC member Steve...read »
Thinking About New Orleans: Questions for ZZ Packer
by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-13-2008
It’s hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. I’ve been keeping track of some of them via our...read »
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