April, 2012

NBCC at PEN World Voices Festival May 3

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-24-2012

The weeklong PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature kicks off next Monday, April 30, in New York. The National Book Critics Circle will be...read »

Roundup: The Fiction (Non-) Pulitzer and More

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-23-2012

Last week’s news that there would be no Pulitzer Prize awarded in fiction produced an avalanche of commentary. Here’s a sampling of what people were saying...read »

LA Review of Books Relaunches

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-19-2012

Yesterday the Los Angeles Review of Books launched its brand-new website, moving fromTumblr to a robust, comments-enabled platform. LARB editor Tom Lutz...read »

Roundup: Robert Caro, E-Reading, Joe R. Lansdale, and More

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-16-2012

“It’s not a question of liking or disliking him. I’m trying to explain how political power worked in America in the second half of the 20th century, and...read »

NBCC at AWP

by Mark Athtitakis | Apr-10-2012

From left: Jane Smiley, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Jane Ciabattari, Jennifer Egan, Darin Strauss, Isabel Wilkerson (Credit: Robb Cohen Photography and the...read »

Roundup: Investigating Amazon, New Poetry, Louis Begley, and More

by Mark Athitakis | Apr-09-2012

What impact has Amazon had on the publishing industry, from taxes to indies to employees? The Seattle Times takes a look in a four-part series. Denise Low...read »

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 »

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