March, 2018
NBCC Awards: Caroline Fraser, Biography Winner for ‘Prairie Fires’
by Elizabeth Taylor | Mar-30-2018
NBCC biography committee chair Elizabeth Taylor, presented this citation to Caroline Fraser, author of Prairie Fires.
In her extraordinary Prairie...read »
NBCC Awards: Layli Long Soldier, Poetry Winner for ‘Whereas’
by Yahdon Israel | Mar-29-2018
Poetry committee chair Tess Taylor presented the citation to winner Layli Long Soldier for Whereas.
In her audacious, unapologetic debut Whereas, Lakota poet...read »
NBCC Awards: Xiaolu Guo, Autobiography Winner for ‘Nine Continents’
by Marion Winik | Mar-28-2018
Laurie Hertzel, chair of the autobiography committee, presented the award for Nine Continents, by Xiaolu Guo, to her Grove editor, Amy Hundley
Xiaolu Guo...read »
NBCC Awards: Joan Silber, Fiction Winner for ‘Improvement’
by Tom Beer | Mar-27-2018
Tom Beer, chair of the fiction committee, presented this citation to award winner Joan Silber, for her novel Improvement.
Some writers wow us with verbal...read »
Critical Notes: Sarvas, Hollinghurst, and Agatha Christie Reconsidered
by Taylor Anhalt | Mar-26-2018
More about the NBCC awards:
The NBCC awards ceremony video is posted on our blog. Make sure to watch the wonderful speeches from the winners.
NBCC board...read »
Video: NBCC Awards Ceremony for Award Year 2017
by David Varno | Mar-24-2018
March 15, 2018, The New School, New York, NY
Welcome: Luis Jaramillo, Interim Director, The New School Writing Program
Opening Remarks: Kate Tuttle,...read »
NBCC Awards: John McPhee Accepts the Sandrof Award for Lifetime Achievement
by John McPhee | Mar-23-2018
John McPhee is a journalist, essayist, author, and longtime journalism professor at Princeton University. He is the author of more than 30 books, beginning...read »
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