In Retrospect
September, 2009
In Retrospect: Maureen N. McLane on John Ashbery’s “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror”
by Jane Ciabattari | Sep-11-2009
The following essay by NBCC board member and Balakian award winner Maureen N. McLane on John Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” winner of the ...read »
May, 2009
In Retrospect: My Alexandria by Mark Doty
by Eric Banks | May-09-2009
In this series, writers look back at past NBCC award winners. Here, poet Randall Mann revisits My Alexandria, by Mark Doty, recipient of the 1993 NBCC award ...read »
March, 2009
In Retrospect: Emily Warn on Anne Winters’s “The Key to the City”
by Jane Ciabattari | Mar-30-2009
Emily Warn on Anne Winters’s “The Key to the City,” a 1986 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award in poetry, is the newest installment in the ...read »
In Retrospect: Emily Warn on Anne Winters’s “The Key to the City”
by Jane Ciabattari | Mar-30-2009
The following essay by Emily Warn on Anne Winters’s “The Key to the City,” a 1986 finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award in poetry, is part of ...read »
January, 2009
In Retrospect: Rayyan Al-Shawaf on Andrea Levy’s “Small Island”
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-27-2009
The National Book Critics Circle “In Retrospect” series, in which contemporary critics and writers reevaluate NBCC award winners from the past, continues ...read »
In Retrospect: Afaa Michael Weaver on John Edgar Wideman’s “Brothers and Keepers”
by Jane Ciabattari | Jan-14-2009
The following essay by National Book Critics Circle member Afaa M. Weaver on John Edgar Wideman’s “Brothers and Keepers,” a finalist for the 1984 NBCC Award ...read »
Page 1 of 1 pages
About the Critical Mass Blog
Commentary on literary criticism, publishing, writing, and all things NBCC related. It's written by independent members of the NBCC Board of Directors (see list of bloggers below).
Subscribe
via RSS feed
Categories & Archives
- Awards |
- 2007 Awards |
- 2008 Awards |
- 30 Books in 30 Days |
- Live announcement of NBCC Awards finalists |
- 2009 Awards |
- What I'm Looking Forward to Reading |
- Critical Library |
- Critical Outtakes: Discussions With Writers |
- In Retrospect |
- Industry News |
- Interviews |
- NBCC 35th Anniversary |
- NBCC Featured Review |
- NBCC News |
- Q&A |
- Remembrances |
- NBCC Reads |
- Roundups |
- The Critical I: Conversations With Critics and Review Editors |
- The Next Decade in Book Culture |
- Small Press Spotlight
NBCC Awards
- » See all award winners
- » Find out how to submit
- » Read how we select
- » Frequently Asked Questions
- » Awards news
Popular Topics
sam anderson ron charles mary jo bang washington post book world harriet washington washington post joyce carol oates edwidge danticat jayne anne phillips jayne anne phillips alex ross kevin prufer dexter filkins junot diaz joshua clark juan felipe herrera patrick french seth lerer august kleinzahler ariel sabar e.l. doctorow marilynne robinson john updike john leonard book world columbia journalism review roxana robinson sara paretsky james marcus lydia davis salman rushdie in retrospect janet malcolm lizzie skurnick edward albee aleksandar hemon honor moore marcus brauchli scott mclemee oscar villalon brenda wineapple pen american center richard ford john edgar wideman john ashbery indiebound anthony appiah laila lalami sarah ruhl deborah eisenbergSee All tags
The postings on this blog represent the views and opinions of each individual poster and are not representative of views held by the National Book Critics Circle as an organization, or the NBCC board as a whole. Everything on this blog is copyright protected