January, 2009
In Retrospect: Afaa Michael Weaver on John Edgar Wideman’s “Brothers and Keepers”
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-14-2009
The following essay by National Book Critics Circle member Afaa M. Weaver on John Edgar Wideman’s “Brothers and Keepers,” a finalist for the 1984 NBCC Award...read »
Mick Imlah (1956–2009)
by Maureen McLane | Jan-13-2009
NBCC board member Maureen M. McLane remembers poet and editor Mick Imlah, who passed away earlier this week
Mick Imlah—poet, critic, and founding editor of...read »
First Roundup of 2009
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-09-2009
Former NBCC President John Freeman spoke of his pleasure at discovering the work of Polish journalist Ryszard Kapucinski in Granta in 1996 at the party...read »
SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: SUZANNE FRISCHKORN
by Rigoberto González | Jan-08-2009
Lit Windowpane, Main Street Rag, 2008.
Suzanne Frischkorn is also the author of several chapbooks, most recently: American Flamingo (MiPOesias Press), Spring...read »
Critical Library: Laura Miller
by Eric Banks | Jan-07-2009
The National Book Critics Circle regularly posts a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from...read »
Guest Post: What VQR Young Reviewers Contest Winner Emily Wilkinson Is Reading
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-05-2009
Emily Wilkinson just finished her Ph.D. in Restoration and eighteenth-century British literature at Stanford University. She recently won the Virginia...read »
December, 2008
Save these Dates: National Book Critics Circle Events Coming up in 2009:
by Jane Ciabattari | Dec-31-2008
January 23, 2009, 7 pm Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby between Houston and Prince, New York City. Poetry in translation panel: Has the US Lost Touch...read »
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