Critical Library
January, 2010
Edmund White, Joan Acocella, and Morris Dickstein: Critical Libraries from the Vault
by Eric Banks | Jan-24-2010
Over the last couple of years we've polled critics to ask them to name five books that reviewers should have in their libraries. Here are past postings from ...read »
October, 2009
Critical Library: Anne Fadiman
by Eric Banks | Oct-03-2009
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from Anne Fadiman and here ...read »
Critical Library: Colm Tóibín
by Eric Banks | Oct-03-2009
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from Colm Tóibín and here ...read »
Critical Library: Sam Tanenhaus
by Eric Banks | Oct-03-2009
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from Sam Tanenhaus and here ...read »
Critical Library: Katha Pollitt
by Eric Banks | Oct-03-2009
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from Katha Pollitt and here ...read »
Critical Library: Cynthia Ozick
by Eric Banks | Oct-03-2009
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from Cynthia Ozick and here ...read »
Critical Library: Edmund White
by Eric Banks | Oct-03-2009
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from novelist, biographer and ...read »
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