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May, 2012

NBCC Reads: Acts of Witness

by Mark Athitakis | May-23-2012

Many of the respondents to our latest NBCC Reads question about literary journalism celebrated works of deep immersion into a topic, the product of months...read »

NBCC Reads: Life During Wartime

by Mark Athitakis | May-18-2012

War reporting has been at the heart of plenty of contemporary literary journalism: A scan through the list of of NBCC finalists and winners in the...read »

NBCC Reads, New Journalism Precursors Edition: Capote, West, Mitchell, and Orwell

by Mark Athitakis | May-11-2012

Many of the respondents to our latest NBCC Reads question selected literary journalists who are currently working. Before getting into those, however, let's...read »

NBCC Reads: Richard Melo on Tom Wolfe

by | May-10-2012

The latest NBCC Reads question asks: What is your favorite work of literary journalism? Here, member Richard Melo considers the legacy of Tom Wolfe: Tom...read »

NBCC Reads: Favorite Literary Journalism Works by Wolfe and Mailer

by Mark Athitakis | May-09-2012

When it comes to great works of literary journalism, consensus is hard to come by. NBCC members and friends responded to our latest NBCC Reads question with...read »

NBCC Reads: Geoff Dyer’s Favorite Works of Literary Journalism

by Mark Athitakis | May-04-2012

Next week we'll begin posting responses we received to the spring NBCC Reads question: What is your favorite work of literary journalism? To get the ball...read »

April, 2012

Comic Novel Hilarity at Tennessee Williams Fest in New Orleans

by Jane Ciabattari | Apr-03-2012

What’s your favorite comic novel? This NBCC Reads question sparked a LOL round-robin conversation to wrap up this year’s Tennessee Williams Festival at...read »

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