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 »

The Last Roundup of 2008

by Jane Ciabattari | Dec-30-2008

To begin this last roundup of the old year, I note with sadness that as of this week, Marie Arana will no longer be at the helm of the Washington Post Book...read »

Balakian Award Deadline Coming Up Monday

by Eric Banks | Dec-26-2008

Heads up to NBCC members. The deadline for NBCC Balakian self-nominations is Monday, December 29, 2008. The Balakian award is open to NBCC members only. (More...read »

Roundup

by Jane Ciabattari | Dec-24-2008

Andre Bernard’s moody publishing piece brings this year to an end with a somber note: “Yet I can’t help thinking that as this year gasps its way to its...read »

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: ROBYN SCHIFF

by Rigoberto González | Dec-22-2008

Revolver, University of Iowa Press, 2008. Robyn Schiff is the author of Worth (Iowa, 2002). She is an associate professor at the University of Iowa, where...read »

The Best of the Best of the Year?

by Eric Banks | Dec-19-2008

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that the annual best-of lists of books have reached a zenith this year (ironically enough as space given to reviews per se...read »

Roundup

by Jane Ciabattari | Dec-19-2008

Scott McLemee on Susan Sontag, ABD. Mark Sarvas looks at “The Northern Clemency” here. “That this resolutely British novel was shortlisted for the 2008 Man...read »

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