Critical Notes

April, 2017

The great Margaret Atwood, Vladimir Lenin, and other venerables

by Laurie Hertzel | Apr-24-2017

A glorious spring day. The magnolias are blooming (they smell like bubblegum!), the forsythia is glowing golden and my tulips have not yet been eaten by...read »

Murdered Indians, Margaret Atwood, and Dani Shapiro times two

by Laurie Hertzel | Apr-17-2017

  NBCC President Kate Tuttle interviews Jane Mayer, author of "Dark Money,"  for the Los Angeles Times. NBCC  VP/Online Jane Ciabattari's weekly Lit Hub...read »

A comic book Zora Neale Hurston and the truth about Jim Jones: Members’ reviews

by Laurie Hertzel | Apr-10-2017

  Do the National Book Critics Circle awards predict the Pulitzers? The NBCC gave fiction awards to Junot Diaz, Jennifer Egan, Marilynne Robinson, Edward...read »

March, 2017

Critical Notes: Super-Sized NBCC Awards and Catch-up Edition

by Jane Ciabattari | Mar-29-2017

Here is the news rundown on the National Book Critics Circle awards: Critical Mass. Video of awards ceremony. Associated Press. New York...read »

Critical Notes: Russia! Russia! Russia! and more

by Laurie Hertzel | Mar-06-2017

Board member and vice president/online Jane Ciabattari writes about 10 books to read in March for her global books column for BBC.com. Board member Laurie...read »

February, 2017

Memoirists, diarists, and, of course, George Saunders

by Laurie Hertzel | Feb-06-2017

In her global books column for BBC.com, NBCC Vice President/Online Jane Ciabattari recommends George Saunders' first novel (and Ethel Rohan's), plus a...read »

January, 2017

Critical Notes: Post-Inaugural: Politics, Poetry and Auster

by Elizabeth Taylor | Jan-30-2017

The national political scene dominates the headlines. Minneapolis Star Tribune books editor and NBCC board member Laurie Hertzel writes a column for the...read »

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