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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