January, 2009
WaPo Update 3
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-28-2009
Not officially announced yet, but insiders know, and tell Critical Mass, “It’s official. The last issue of Book World in print will be the February 15, 2009...read »
Wednesday Roundup
by Eric Banks | Jan-28-2009
In the Los Angeles Times, NBCC board member David Ulin remembers John Updike:
Also in the LA Times: Ed Park weighs in on Joan Aiken’s The Serial Garden, a...read »
Roxana Robinson Remembers John Updike
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-28-2009
Novelist and National Book Critics Circle member Roxana Robinson sent along this remembrance for Critical Mass:
I don’t know when I started reading John...read »
Remembering John Updike: James Marcus Talks with Updike about his “Bech” Novels
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-27-2009
National Book Critics Circle board member James Marcus interviewed John Updike in 1998 about his “Bech” novels:
In 1970 John Updike unleashed his Jewish...read »
John Updike, March 18, 1932-January 27, 2009
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-27-2009
Sadly, sadly, we note that John Updike died this morning. He had been ill with lung cancer. His work has been honored for many decades by the National Book...read »
Remembering John Updike: James Marcus Talks with Updike about his “Bech” Novels
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-27-2009
National Book Critics Circle board member James Marcus interviewed John Updike in 1998 about his “Bech” novels.
In 1970 John Updike unleashed his Jewish...read »
In Retrospect: Rayyan Al-Shawaf on Andrea Levy’s “Small Island”
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-27-2009
The National Book Critics Circle “In Retrospect” series, in which contemporary critics and writers reevaluate NBCC award winners from the past, continues...read »
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