January, 2009

In Retrospect: Rayyan Al-Shawaf on Andrea Levy’s “Small Island”

by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-27-2009

The National Book Critics Circle’s “In Retrospect” series continues with NBCC member Rayyan Al-Shawaf on Andrea Levy’s “Small Island,” which was a finalist...read »

Sara Nelson Out at PW

by Eric Banks | Jan-26-2009

The New York Times is reporting that Sara Nelson has been laid off from Publishers Weekly in a round of “restructuring.”...read »

2008 NBCC Finalists Announced

by Barbara Hoffert | Jan-26-2009

On Saturday, January 24, at a packed event at the Housing Works Bookstore Café in Manhattan, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its...read »

Ron Charles Wins NBCC Nona Balakian Citation

by Scott McLemee | Jan-26-2009

Lest anyone imagine the Good Old Days of book reviewing were ever all that great, we should consider the complaints lodged by the late Nona Balakian in an...read »

Iron My Book

by Lizzie Skurnick | Jan-25-2009

A few questions about the dirty-white-boy books (and yes, as far as I can tell, the genre of the male midlife drugs-sex-and-losing-everything confessional is...read »

PEN American Center Receives the NBCC’s Ivan Sandrof Life Achievement Award

by Eric Banks | Jan-25-2009

In this time of global connectedness, of strong interest in reading literature in translation and expanding the perspectives from which Americans view the...read »

2008 NBCC Finalists Announced

by Eric Banks | Jan-25-2009

Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards Announced On Saturday, January 24, at a packed event at the Housing Works Bookstore Café in Manhattan,...read »

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