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2008 Fiction Finalist Home, by Marilynne Robinson

by Ellen Heltzel

Each day leading up to the March 12 announcement of the 2008 NBCC awards, we highlight one of the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Ellen Heltzel ...read »

30 Books/30 Days: 2008 Fiction Finalist Home, by Marilynne Robinson

by Ellen Heltzel

Like all the parables in the New Testament, the story of the prodigal son poses more questions than it answers. Yes, the power of mercy is laid out like the ...read »

Guest Post: Michael Lukas’s Summer Reading List

by Jane Ciabattari

NBCC member Michael Lukas, a finalist in the Virginia Quarterly Review’s Young Reviewers Contest last year (and a VQR blogger), sent word on what he’s ...read »

Marilynne Robinson Wins Orange Prize

by Jane Ciabattari

Marilynne Robinson, NBCC fiction award winner for “Gilead” and finalist for “Home,” has won the Orange prize for Fiction for her third novel, ...read »



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