30 Books in 30 Days

February, 2009

2008 Autobiography Finalist The House on Sugar Beach, by Helene Cooper

by Jennifer Reese | Feb-12-2009

Each day leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2008 NBCC awards, we highlight one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Jennifer Reese...read »

2008 Biography Finalist White Heat, by Brenda Wineapple

by Jane Ciabattari | Feb-11-2009

Each day leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2008 NBCC awards, we highlight one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member and president...read »

2008 Poetry Finalist Sleeping It Off in Rapid City: Poems, New and Selected, by August Kleinzahler

by Kevin Prufer | Feb-10-2009

Each day leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2008 NBCC awards, we highlight one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Kevin Prufer...read »

30 Books/30 Days: 2008 Fiction Finalist Home, by Marilynne Robinson

by admin | Feb-10-2009

Like all the parables in the New Testament, the story of the prodigal son poses more questions than it answers. Yes, the power of mercy is laid out like the...read »

Thirty Books in Thirty Days

by Eric Banks | Feb-09-2009

Beginning tomorrow, we’ll highlight on a daily basis the thirty books selected as the 2008 finalists for our annual awards. A full list of the finalists in...read »

January, 2009

W.D. Snodgrass on the Difference between Sentiment and the Sentimental

by Art Winslow | Jan-16-2009

When W.D. Snodgrass’s Not for Specialists: New and Selected Poems was named a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle awards in poetry, Art Winslow...read »

March, 2008

NBCC Awards Finalist in Criticism: Joan Acocella’s “Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints”

by admin | Mar-05-2008

This is the thirtieth and last in a series of blog posts by NBCC board members covering the finalists for the NBCC awards. The awards will be announced on...read »

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