National Book Critics Circle

April, 2012

Comic Novel Hilarity at Tennessee Williams Fest in New Orleans

by Jane Ciabattari | Apr-03-2012

What’s your favorite comic novel? This NBCC Reads question sparked a LOL round-robin conversation to wrap up this year’s Tennessee Williams Festival at...read »

Roundup: Women’s Fiction, Heidi Julavits, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-02-2012

“The truth is, women who write literary fiction frequently find themselves in an unjust world, even as young single women are outearning men in major...read »

March, 2012

Adrienne Rich, 1929-2012

by Stephen Burt | Mar-29-2012

Poet Adrienne Rich died March 27 at 82. She was an NBCC awards finalist three times, winning for her 2004 collection, The School Among the Ruins. Below,...read »

NBCC Awards on C-SPAN This Weekend

by Mark Athitakis | Mar-28-2012

This year's NBCC Awards will be broadcast three times this weekend on C-SPAN's BookTV. Here are the dates (all times Eastern): Saturday, March 31, 8...read »

Roundup: Mean Reviews, Lorin Stein, Esi Edugyan, Lionel Shriver, and More

by Mark Athitakis | Mar-26-2012

Are book critics too mean? Should authors at the receiving end of a negative review stop biting their tongues and respond? Arthur Krystal considers the...read »

NBCC Reads: What Is Your Favorite Work of Literary Journalism?

by Mark Athitakis | Mar-23-2012

Early 2012 seems to have become one very long longread about the virtues and pitfalls of reporting. Last month About a Mountain author John D'Agata and...read »

Roundup: Reviewing Self-Published Books, Lauren Groff, Carol Anshaw, more

by Mark Athitakis | Mar-19-2012

What obligations do reviewers have to self-published books? Joseph Peschel talks to a variety of critics and authors for “Another 100,000 Galleys” at the...read »

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