2007 Awards
April, 2008
An Interview With Daniel Walker Howe
by NBCC | Apr-18-2008
NBCC board member Maureen McLane recently talked with Daniel Walker Howe about his book, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, ...read »
March, 2008
NBCC 2007 Fiction Award Winner Junot Diaz’s “Good Reads”
by NBCC | Mar-12-2008
Hari Kunzru’s “My Revolutions” is the book I’m telling people to grab. Kunzru is burning up in this novel. He spins a superb tale and his narrator’s plummet ...read »
NBCC 2007 Sandrof Awardee Emilie Buchwald of Milkweed Editions
by NBCC | Mar-11-2008
Emilie Buchwald “discovery” Ken Kalfus was on hand last Thursday night to present the founder of Milkweed Editions with the National Book Critics Circle ...read »
NBCC Award in Criticism:Alex Ross’s “The Rest Is Noise”
by NBCC | Mar-10-2008
NBCC board member and former Balakian award winner Maureen N. McLane announced the winner of the 2007 NBCC award in criticism on Thursday, March 6, with these ...read »
2007 Balakian Citation for Sam Anderson
by NBCC | Mar-09-2008
The Balakian Award for Excellence in Reviewing is named in honor of Nona Balakian,a founding member of the National Book Critics Circle and its first ...read »
Guest Post: Balakian Award Winner Sam Anderson
by NBCC | Mar-08-2008
I became a book critic so I wouldn’t have to talk to anybody-especially not large crowds of intimidatingly literate people-so I’m mildly terrified right ...read »
NBCC Awards Ceremony: President’s Speech
by NBCC | Mar-07-2008
For those of you who couldn’t be at last night’s awards ceremony, here is John Freeman’s welcoming speech in his last evening as NBCC president:
Thank you ...read »
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