Critical Library
July, 2010
Critical Library: Lorin Stein
by Eric Banks | Jul-18-2010
Critical Mass occasionally asks critics to name five books that should be in any reviewer's library. Herewith is Lorin Stein's response.
If you are (or ...read »
May, 2010
Critical Library: Eula Biss
by Eric Banks | May-10-2010
In this occasional series, we ask writers to name five books that belong in any book critic's library. Here's what Eula Biss--whose Notes from No Man's ...read »
March, 2010
Critical Library: Blake Bailey on Biography
by Eric Banks | Mar-26-2010
From time to time Critical Mass asks writers and critics to name five key books that ought to be in any reviewer's library. In a slight twist on the usual ...read »
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 »
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