June, 2007
Paula Guran on What to Read This Summer
by Paula Guran | Jun-05-2007
The month of June kicks off Reading the World. As part of this project, the NBCC has asked writers from around the globe to recommend a book from beyond...read »
Thinking About New Orleans: Brad Benischek
by Jane Ciabattari | Jun-04-2007
This is the eighth in our occasional series about New Orleans writers. It's hard to judge how many writers have been displaced, dislocated and disoriented...read »
Stuart Kelly on What to Read Now
by Stuart Kelly | Jun-04-2007
The month of June kicks off Reading the World. As part of this project, the NBCC has asked writers from around the globe to recommend a book from beyond...read »
Maureen McLane’s Early Summer Reading Notes
by Maureen McLane | Jun-03-2007
Dipping in to Clive James’s Cultural Amnesia: necessary memories from history and the arts (Norton) – a book that begs dipping into, organized as it is...read »
Mark Doty on Cesar Aira’s “An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter”
by Mary Doty | Jun-03-2007
The month of June kicks off Reading the World. As part of this project, the NBCC has asked writers from around the globe to recommend a book from beyond...read »
Hisham Matar on What to Read Now
by Hisham Matar | Jun-02-2007
The month of June, in addition to hosting BEA, also kicks off Reading the World. As part of this project, the NBCC has asked writers around the globe to...read »
Report from the NBCC Ethics Panel
by Brenn Jones | Jun-01-2007
Ladies in firefighting attire and gents on Segways greeted visitors outside the Javits Convention Center on Friday morning. A large golden “Book TV” bus was...read »
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