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July, 2010

NBCC Featured Review: Donna Seaman on Anthill, by E.O. Wilson

by Eric Banks | Jul-02-2010

Critical Mass regularly highlights reviews by NBCC members. Here, in a review originally published in the Chicago Tribune, Donna Seaman discusses Edward O. ...read »

June, 2010

NBCC Featured Review: Karen Rigby on Edward Hopper: Poems, by Ernest Farrés

by Eric Banks | Jun-15-2010

Critical Mass regularly highlights reviews by NBCC members. Here, in a review originally published in Words Without Borders, Karen Rigby discusses Catalan ...read »

May, 2010

NBCC Featured Review: Nicole Rudick on Mom, by Rebecca Jo Plant

by Eric Banks | May-24-2010

Critical Mass reguarly highlights exemplary reviews by NBCC members. This week, in a review published by The Millions, Nicole Rudick discusses Rebecca ...read »

NBCC Featured Review: William S. Niederkorn on Contested Will, by James Shapiro

by Eric Banks | May-12-2010

Critical Mass reguarly highlights exemplary reviews by NBCC members. This week, in a review originally published by The Brooklyn Rail, William S. Niederkorn ...read »

April, 2010

NBCC Featured Reviews: Hephzibah Anderson on Solar, by Ian McEwan

by Eric Banks | Apr-25-2010

Critical Mass reguarly highlights exemplary reviews by NBCC members. This week, in a review originally published by Bloomberg.com, Hephzibah Anderson ...read »

NBCC Featured Reviews: Jonah Raskin on The Mark Twain Anthology, by Shelley Fisher Fishkin

by Eric Banks | Apr-20-2010

Critical Mass regularly highlights exemplary reviews by its members. Here, in a review originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Jonah Raskin ...read »

NBCC Featured Review: Scott Esposito on Kenzaburo Oe’s The Changeling

by Eric Banks | Apr-08-2010

Critical Mass regularly highlights exemplary reviews by its members. Here, in a review originally published in the LA Times, Scott Esposito offers his take ...read »

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