Awards

The National Book Critics Circle is pleased to announce the outcome of membership voting to fill the eight board-member slots for three-year terms that begin in 2010. Joining–and in one

National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists AnnouncementJanuary 23, 2010 7:00 pm126 Crosby Street New York, NY Announcing the finalists for the NBCC awards in autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction and

What is the writer's role in society, and the writer's power to effect change? That's one of the questions Professor Nadine Strossen of New York University Law School will explore

Almost every conversation these days on the future of book reviewing—and, by implication, on the role of the NBCC—focuses on the collapse of print journalism. This is a serious matter.

PEN American Center Presents: CROSSING OVER:THE 2009 PEN BEYOND MARGINS CELEBRATION An evening of readings and conversation honoring recent Oprah Book Club pick Uwem Akpan, 2008 NBCC award winnerin poetry

10:37 Colum McCann Wins The National Book Award for Fiction Finally, the moment everyone has been waiting for…why does everyone think fiction is the most important? Committee chair Charles Johnson

Calling all NBCC Members NBCC ELECTIONS: Candidate's statements are due on December 3rd This fall, eight seats will be up for grabs on the board of the National Book Critics Circle.

The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world; there are hundreds and hundreds of prisons across the country and, as of 2007, these institutions housed more