March 13, 2009
By Barbara Hoffert
For immediate release On Thursday, March 12, 2009, at a crowded ceremony at the New School in New York, the National Book Critics Circle announced the winners of its book
January 26, 2009
By Barbara Hoffert
On Saturday, January 24, at a packed event at the Housing Works Bookstore Café in Manhattan, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its forthcoming book awards, covering
January 26, 2009
By Scott McLemee
Lest anyone imagine the Good Old Days of book reviewing were ever all that great, we should consider the complaints lodged by the late Nona Balakian in an essay from
January 25, 2009
By Eric Banks
Finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Awards Announced On Saturday, January 24, at a packed event at the Housing Works Bookstore Café in Manhattan, the National Book Critics Circle
January 25, 2009
By Eric Banks
In this time of global connectedness, of strong interest in reading literature in translation and expanding the perspectives from which Americans view the world, the NBCC has named PEN American
October 15, 2008
By NBCC
This just in: National Book Award Finalists, winners to be announced November 19 in New York City. FictionALEKSANDER HEMON, THE LAZARUS PROJECT (Riverhead)The Lazarus Project is an epic narrative born
September 10, 2008
By NBCC
Maxine Hong Kingston, NBCC award winner in nonfiction (pictured here announcing the NBCC nonfiction finalists in January at City Lights Books) will be honored by the National Book Foundation with
May 8, 2008
By NBCC
The Atlantic’s National Magazine Award winner in criticism Caitlin Flanagan’s three winning pieces (and pieces that were past finalists) here. Labels: Criticism
May 4, 2008
By NBCC
A Cal Arts student, drawn to the Viewmaster portion of the “Believer” event on Saturday night, part of the PEN World Voices Festival, set up his thousands of dollars of
May 4, 2008
By NBCC
The disembodied voice of Hungarian singer Bea Palya filled the darkness at the venerable night club Webster Hall as she emerged from the back alongside the audience, singing raw, no