December 17, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below by Jane Kamensky (W. W. Norton) Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Family Romance:
December 17, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls (MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History by Manjula Martin (Pantheon) Like a Sky Inside by
December 16, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş (Bloomsbury) Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Colored Television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead) Godwin by Joseph O’Neill (Pantheon) Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
December 16, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us by Legacy Russell (Verso) The Blue Period: Black Writing in the Early Cold War by Jesse McCarthy (University of Chicago)
March 21, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Safiya Sinclair, Lorrie Moore, and Roxanna Asgarian among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners New York, NY (March 21, 2024)—Tonight at the New School, the National Book Critics Circle announced
January 25, 2024
By Members Of The National Book Critics Circle Board
Judy Blume, American Library Association to receive lifetime achievement awards New York, NY (January 25, 2024)—Today the National Book Critics Circle announced 30 finalists in six categories—autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction,
April 3, 2023
By Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon
The NBCC is proud to confer the 2022 Toni Morrison Achievement Award to City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, recognizing their commitment to literary culture, social justice, and intellectual inquiry. City
March 27, 2023
By Kathy Chow
The Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing is awarded each year to honor exceptional work by a member of the NBCC. The 2022 recipient of the Balakian Prize is
March 27, 2023
By Ricardo Jaramillo
When I began my conversation with Joy Harjo, I immediately recognized her cadence. It is a cadence I’d come to know and love via another form, from years of making
March 27, 2023
By Halima Elmajdoubi
This year, the National Book Critics Circle is proud to announce the NBCC Service Award, an opportunity to honor members who have gone above and beyond in their service to