Industry News
June, 2010
Interview with David L. Ulin
by Eric Banks | Jun-22-2010
On Thursday the Los Angeles Times announced that David L. Ulin would be taking on a new position as book critic for the paper after five years as book ...read »
May, 2010
PEN World Voices: Author Patti Smith Rocks the Great Hall
by Jane Ciabattari | May-03-2010
Summery day. Drifts of tree pollen and cherry blossoms in the air. New Yorkers baring arms, legs, tattoos. Mayday protest for workers’ rights in Union ...read »
PEN World Voices: Toni Morrison, Critic, Offers a Rave Review
by Jane Ciabattari | May-02-2010
PEN president K. Anthony Appiah was the eloquent master of ceremonies on Saturday afternoon, May 1, unruffled despite flaws in the sound system, as the ...read »
Critic vs. Litigious Author
by Steven G. Kellman | May-02-2010
Last March, the International Herald Tribune was forced to pay $114,000 for allegedly libeling the prime minister of Singapore in an article analyzing the ...read »
April, 2010
PEN World Voices, New York Stories
by Jane Ciabattari | Apr-30-2010
Thursday evening this week's PEN World Voices spread out all over New York. As I sat in the front section of the Morgan Library auditorium, I knew there ...read »
“Historian” Is History at Amazon
by Eric Banks | Apr-19-2010
In short order, Critical Mass will be reporting the results of our semiannual NBCC Reads survey, which queried which work of fiction or nonfiction has the ...read »
NBCC Poetry Finalist Eleanor Ross Taylor Awarded 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
by Eric Banks | Apr-13-2010
Congratulations to Eleanor Ross Taylor, who has received the Poetry Foundation's $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievment. Her collection ...read »
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