April, 2018
Lawrence Wright, Michelle Dean, and Poetry by Members
by Taylor Anhalt | Apr-16-2018
Reviews
Eileen Weiner reviewed Richard Powers’ ‘The Overstory’ for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Heller McAlpin reviewed Meg Wolitzer’s ‘The Female...read »
Video: Criticism and Social Justice
by David Varno | Apr-13-2018
Last month, the NBCC asked some of its most acclaimed member-critics what it means to be a critic alongside a world in flux. Panelists included Ruth...read »
Batters Up, Wolitzer, Frazier and More
by Elizabeth Taylor | Apr-10-2018
Let’s play ball. It’s Opening Day.
For his web journal Our Man in Boston, Robert Birnbaum reviews: A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle by Randy...read »
NBCC Awards: Carina Chocano, Criticism Winner for ‘You Play the Girl’
by Walton Muyumba | Apr-04-2018
Carlin Romano, criticism committee chair, presented the award to Carina Chocano for You Play the Girl, with this citation by Walton Muyumba.
You Play the...read »
Meg Wolitzer, Leslie Jamison, and Patricia Smith—and good news from NBCC members
by Laurie Hertzel | Apr-03-2018
Reviews and profiles from our membership
NBCC board member and VP Membership Anjali Enjeti wrote about the need to diversity and decolonize school reading...read »
March, 2018
NBCC Awards: Frances FitzGerald, Nonfiction Winner for ‘The Evangelicals’
by Elizabeth Taylor | Mar-31-2018
Nonfiction committee chair Mary Ann Gwinn presented the award to Frances FitzGerald for The Evangelicals.
How Donald Trump, a three-times-married...read »
NBCC Awards: Caroline Fraser, Biography Winner for ‘Prairie Fires’
by Elizabeth Taylor | Mar-30-2018
NBCC biography committee chair Elizabeth Taylor, presented this citation to Caroline Fraser, author of Prairie Fires.
In her extraordinary Prairie...read »
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