National Book Critics Circle

2011 Finalists: 30 Books in 30 Days

March, 2012

David Haglund on Teju Cole’s “Open City”

by David Haglund | Mar-07-2012

Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, in #10 in our...read »

Carlin Romano on Ezra F. Vogel’s “Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China”

by Carlin Romano | Mar-07-2012

Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. Today, in #30 in our...read »

Gregg Barrios on Geoff Dyer’s “Otherwise Known as the Human Condition”

by Gregg Barrios | Mar-07-2012

Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass is highlighting our thirty finalists. In a first, the NBCC is...read »

David Biespiel on Bruce Smith’s “Devotions”

by David Biespiel | Mar-06-2012

Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. In a first, the NBCC...read »

Craig Morgan Teicher on Forrest Gander’s “Core Samples From the World”

by Craig Morgan Teicher | Mar-06-2012

Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights one of the thirty finalists. In a first, the NBCC...read »

Stephen Burt on Laura Kasischke’s “Space, in Chains”

by Stephen Burt | Mar-06-2012

Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass is highlighting our thirty finalists. In a first, the NBCC is...read »

Eric Miles Williamson on Yusef Komunyakaa’s “The Chameleon Couch”

by Eric Miles Williamson | Mar-06-2012

Each day leading up to the March 8 announcement of the 2011 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass is highlighting our thirty finalists. In a first, the NBCC is...read »

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