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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