National Book Critics Circle

Live announcement of NBCC Awards finalists

January, 2009

Criticism Finalists

by David Varno | Jan-24-2009

Richard Brody, Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard, Metropolitan Books Vivian Gornick, The Men in My Life. Boston Review/MIT Joel L....read »

Talk, Sociability, Literature: what’s not to like?

by Maureen McLane | Jan-24-2009

From our blogging station the most conspicuous book in our view is….THE YALE SHAKESPEARE!!! What category in which to nominate SHAKESPEARE?? Musings on the...read »

Poetry Finalists

by David Varno | Jan-24-2009

August Kleinzahler, Sleeping it Off in Rapid City, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Juan Felipe Herrera, Half the World in Light, University of Arizona...read »

Autobiography Finalists

by David Varno | Jan-24-2009

Rick Bass, Why I Came West, Houghton Mifflin. Helene Cooper, The House on Sugar Beach, Simon and Schuster Honor Moore, The Bishop’s Daughter, W.W....read »

Post-Announcement Release—-Drink Up!

by Maureen McLane | Jan-24-2009

Newly informed and energized the crowd returns with vigor to the bar….discussing discussing kibbitzing about all…..and now a fine visit from Eric Miles...read »

Jane Ciabattari salutes the Awards Chairs…..we head to Poetry Finalists…salute more noble souls.

by Maureen McLane | Jan-24-2009

shout-out to all the folks on the NBCC Board of Directors who chaired their respective committees…...hard work applauded by all…... Rounding now to the final...read »

Autobiography Finalists now up…...and Biography Finalists…..

by Maureen McLane | Jan-24-2009

Josh Corey reading the finalists in autobiography: all clap to applaud the fine roster of finalists!!!! Do only Episcopal Bishops (officially) have...read »

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