National Book Awards Finalists Announced

By Eric Banks

The National Book Foundation will formally announce its finalists for the NBA this afternoon, but here’s the list: FictionBonnie Jo Campbell, American Salvage (Wayne State University Press)Colum McCann, Let the

NBCC Reads Event in San Antonio, October 2

By Eric Banks

Translation: ¿Qué pasa?An NBCC Reads EventFriday, October 2, 7:00Sponsor: Department of English, University of Texas at San AntonioCo-sponsors: Departments of Modern Languages and Literatures, and Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, University of Texas

NBCC at the Brooklyn Book Festival: Name That Author!

By Jane Ciabattari

National Book Critics Circle “Name that Author” contestBrooklyn Book Festival, September 13, 2009.12 pm on the main stageBrooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn Emcee: John Reed is book editor

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, “Home.”