National Book Critics Circle

August, 2008

MANNY FARBER, RIP

by admin | Aug-19-2008

Manny Farber, whose writings on film were a deep source of inspiration not only for movie critics but also for literary critics and anyone who took cinema as...read »

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: KAZIM ALI

by admin | Aug-16-2008

The Fortieth Day, Boa Editions, 2008. Kazim Ali is also the author of The Far Mosque (Alice James Books, 2005) and the novel Quinn’s Passage (blazevox...read »

PARDON THIS BRIEF DIGRESSION…

by admin | Aug-15-2008

It’s not just we book critics who are losing out as newspapers shrink…Labels: Industry News...read »

FRIDAY ROUNDUP

by admin | Aug-15-2008

In the Chicago Tribune, NBCC member Donna Seaman reviews Peter Ferry’s Travel Writing. Meanwhile in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, NBCC member Steve...read »

Thinking About New Orleans: Questions for ZZ Packer

by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-13-2008

It’s hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. I’ve been keeping track of some of them via our...read »

Thinking About New Orleans: Tom Piazza’s Katrina Novel

by Jane Ciabattari | Aug-11-2008

It’s hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented by Katrina and aftermath. I’ve been keeping track of some of them via our...read »

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: JODY GLADDING

by admin | Aug-08-2008

Pierre Michon, Small Lives, Archipelago Books, 2008. Jody Gladding was the recipient of the Yale Younger Poets Award in 1993. Her translations include Jean...read »

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