October, 2018

Libraries, surrealism, and Alex Trebek

by Laurie Hertzel | Oct-22-2018

  Reviews, interviews, profiles Rebekah Denn reviewed Susan Orlean's "The Library Book" for The Christian Science Monitor, and she reports that it made...read »

NBCC Reads: Lanie Tankard on Victor Hugo’s ‘Les Misérables’

by Lanie Tankard | Oct-17-2018

What are your favorite works in translation? That's the question that launched this summer's NBCC Reads series, which draws upon the bookish passions of...read »

Maggie Nelson, Bernard Hooper, and Kathryn Harrison

by Taylor Anhalt | Oct-15-2018

Reviews & Interviews The latest in NBCC's Craft of Criticism series is Tara Cheesman's Q and A with Ilana Masad. NBCC Emerging Critic Natania Holtzman...read »

The Craft of Criticism: An Interview with Ilana Masad

by Tara Cheesman | Oct-12-2018

In this Q&A series, The Craft of Criticism, NBCC members Tara Cheesman and Fran Bigman ask book critics and review editors for their thoughts about...read »

NBCC Reads: Natalia Holtzman on David Albahari’s ‘Leeches’

by Natalia Holtzman | Oct-10-2018

What are your favorite works in translation? That's the question that launched this summer's NBCC Reads series, which draws upon the bookish passions of NBCC...read »

NBCC Reads: Jenny Bhatt on Raymond Queneau’s ‘Exercises in Style’

by Jenny Bhatt | Oct-03-2018

What are your favorite works in translation? That's the question that launched this summer's NBCC Reads series, which draws upon the bookish passions of NBCC...read »

September, 2018

Kate Atkinson, John Kaag, and Barbara Kingsolver

by Taylor Anhalt | Sep-30-2018

Reviews NBCC VP/Online Jane Ciabattari's October BBC Culture column includes novels by Barbara Kingsolver, Cristina Rivera Garza, Claire Fuller, Alyson...read »

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