NBCC Reads
September, 2010
Dispatch from NBCC Reads Conversation in Corte Madera, California
by Jane Ciabattari | Sep-05-2010
A passionate group of readers showed up at Book Passage in Corte Madera, California in early August to talk about the most memorable books about conjugal ...read »
July, 2010
Reminder: NBCC Reads in Corte Madera, California, August 4, 7 pm.
by Jane Ciabattari | Jul-30-2010
Join us for an NBCC Reads Conversation on Books about Conjugal Love at Book Passage in Corte Madera, August 4, 7 pm, with NBCC President, Jane Ciabattari, ...read »
May, 2010
NBCC Reads, Spring 2010: On Conjugal Love
by James Marcus | May-19-2010
Visitors to Critical Mass will recall that, last spring, we canvassed the membership (as well as former winners and finalists) about which works in ...read »
March, 2010
New NBCC Reads: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Conjugal Love
by James Marcus | Mar-25-2010
We are now in our second year of "NBCC Reads." This survey allows us to draw on the bookish expertise of our membership, along with former NBCC winners and ...read »
November, 2009
NBCC Reads at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City: Why Translation Matters
by Jane Ciabattari | Nov-17-2009
Podcast of the November 9 NBCC Reads event, "Why Translation Matters," at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City, with Sarah Fay, Christopher Merrill, Cole ...read »
October, 2009
Guest Post by Scott Esposito: Report on the NBCC Reads/Litquake/ City Lights Translation Panel
by Jane Ciabattari | Oct-19-2009
Scott Esposito edits the online magazine of book reviews and essays the Quarterly Conversation. He’s written on literature for various publications and blogs ...read »
NBCC Reads: Translation Panel, San Francisco, October 13
by Eric Banks | Oct-07-2009
NBCC READS: Translation Panel
National Book Critics Circle, Litquake, and City Lights present
Collapsing Borders: Reading Global Culture Through Literary ...read »
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