National Book Critics Circle

May, 2013

Monday Roundup: Allen Guelzo, Nathaniel Philbrick, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and more

by Eric Liebetrau | May-20-2013

At the Boston Globe, Jan Gardner looks at pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton's memoir. Also at the Globe, Julia M. Klein reviews M.E. Thomas' Confessions of...read »

Reminder: National Book Critics Circle BEA Events

by Jane Ciabattari | May-16-2013

ANNUAL NBCC MEMBERSHIP MEETING May 29, 1:30pm Center for Fiction, 17 East 47th Street The 2013 annual meeting of the National Book Critics Circle will...read »

Roundup: Reviews of Gail Godwin and more; plus Robert Caro and Stephen Colbert discuss LBJ’s penis

by Eric Liebetrau | May-13-2013

VIDEO: LBJ's penis and more: 2012 NBCC Biography Award winner Robert Caro gets the Colbert Report treatment. "A Tale of Remorse that Creeps Under Your...read »

Roundup: More Rachel Shteir kerfuffle and reviews of Sedaris, Angelou and others

by Eric Liebetrau | May-06-2013

Congratulations to all the new 2013 Guggenheim Fellows connected to the NBCC: NBCC fiction winner Kiran Desai, NBCC nonfiction winner Maya Jasanoff, NBCC...read »

April, 2013

The VIDA Count: NBCC Cheat Sheet

by Jane Ciabattari | Apr-30-2013

Here's grist for the National Book Critics Circle Panel: The VIDA Count and Gender Bias in Book Reviewing coming up May 29 at 4 pm at the annual membership...read »

Roundup: Videos from the LA Festival of Books and much more

by Eric Liebetrau | Apr-29-2013

2012 NBCC Criticism Award winner Marina Warner claims 2013 Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin. The $30,000 award — the...read »

Andrew Solomon Wins the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Prize for Nonfiction

by Eric Liebetrau | Apr-22-2013

2012 NBCC General Nonfiction Award winner Andrew Solomon has won the Anisfield-Wolf award for his book, Far from the Tree....read »

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