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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