Roundups

March, 2012

Roundup: Mean Reviews, Lorin Stein, Esi Edugyan, Lionel Shriver, and More

by Mark Athitakis | Mar-26-2012

Are book critics too mean? Should authors at the receiving end of a negative review stop biting their tongues and respond? Arthur Krystal considers the...read »

Roundup: Reviewing Self-Published Books, Lauren Groff, Carol Anshaw, more

by Mark Athitakis | Mar-19-2012

What obligations do reviewers have to self-published books? Joseph Peschel talks to a variety of critics and authors for “Another 100,000 Galleys” at the...read »

Roundup: VIDA stats, the Slate Book Review, Elizabeth Taylor, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Mar-05-2012

Last week the nonprofit organization VIDA released its report on the gender gap at literary magazines: With one exception (Granta), coverage at the New...read »

February, 2012

Roundup: Barney Rosset Remembrances, Geoff Dyer, Nathan Englander, Ellen Ullman, more

by Mark Athitakis | Feb-26-2012

The appreciations for Barney Rosset, who died last week, rolled in over the weekend from the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, the New York Times, and the...read »

Roundup: Nathan Englander, Hanne Blank, Thomas Mallon, more

by Mark Athitakis | Feb-20-2012

Adam Kirsch reviews Nathan Englander’s story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank at Tablet; Parul Sehgal reviews the book for...read »

January, 2012

Roundup: Follow the Reader, Dmitry Samarov, Percival Everett, more

by Mark Athitakis | Jan-30-2012

Last Friday Bethanne Patrick discussed the NBCC award nominees with board member Carolyn Kellogg and Balakian awardee Ron Charles for Follow the Reader, a...read »

Roundup: Melissa Pritchard, John Updike, John Lewis Gaddis, and more

by Mark Athitakis | Jan-16-2012

A reminder: On Saturday, January 21, the NBCC will announce the finalists for its annual awards. If you're in New York City, you can catch the announcement...read »

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