National Book Critics Circle

March, 2014

Katherine A. Powers’s Winning Balakian Reviews, Part I: Crawford Power’s ‘The Encounter’

by Katherine A. Powers | Mar-25-2014

This is the first of the exemplary reviews submitted by National Book Critics Circle member Katherine A. Powers, who was was awarded this year's Nona Balakian...read »

Katherine A. Powers on Winning the Balakian Award

by Katherine A. Powers | Mar-24-2014

Remarks on accepting the 2013 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing: March 13, 2014 (as written, which is pretty much as given, though in the...read »

Roundup on 1-week hiatus: Our regularly scheduled programming will resume next Monday, March 31.

by Eric Liebetrau | Mar-24-2014

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Sue Leonard Presents the John Leonard Award to Anthony Marra

by Sue Leonard | Mar-19-2014

Sue Leonard presents the first National Book Critics Circle John Leonard award to Anthony Marra, March 13, 2014. Thank you, Carolyn. And thanks to Laurie...read »

Roundup: Jonathan Franzen, Ayelet Waldman and the recipients of the 2013 NBCC Awards; and more

by Eric Liebetrau | Mar-17-2014

Your reviews seed this roundup; please send items to NBCCCritics@gmail.com. ************************* Congratulations to the recipients of the 2013 awards!...read »

Video: NBCC 2013 Finalists Reading

by admin | Mar-17-2014

Video by Kevin Kino Twenty of the 2013 finalists read on the night before the awards ceremony, along with Anthony Marra, winner of the John Leonard prize....read »

Video: NBCC 2013 Awards Ceremony

by admin | Mar-15-2014

Video by Kevin Kino. Luis Jaramillo welcomes the NBCC to the New School for the 2013 Awards Ceremony, followed by an introduction from Laurie...read »

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