March 8, 2008
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I became a book critic so I wouldn’t have to talk to anybody-especially not large crowds of intimidatingly literate people-so I’m mildly terrified right now. My wife is a psychologist,
March 7, 2008
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The blog will be a bit quiet for the next few days: Today the NBCC board of directors holds its first meeting of the 2008 season to welcome new board
March 7, 2008
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NBCC member Photo credit: Miriam Berkley shot this group portrait of the winners of the NBCC 2007 awards. From left,Tim Jeal, NBCC award winner in biography for “Stanley: The Impossible
March 7, 2008
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For those of you who couldn’t be at last night’s awards ceremony, here is John Freeman’s welcoming speech in his last evening as NBCC president: Thank you Robert, thank you
March 6, 2008
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5:56 p.m.: Up here in the A.V. booth with Lev Grossman manning the slideshow, we’re gearing up to start the ceremony. I’ll be liveblogging the winners and posting some speeches
March 5, 2008
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Board member and Balakian winner David Orr reviews Modern Life in the Times. Heather Caldwell reviews the volume for Bookforum.You can read Harvey’s work here, here, here, here and here.Weston
March 5, 2008
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This is the thirtieth and last in a series of blog posts by NBCC board members covering the finalists for the NBCC awards. The awards will be announced on March
March 5, 2008
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This is the twenty-eighth in a series of blog posts by NBCC board members covering the finalists for the NBCC awards. The awards will be announced on March 6, 2008,
March 5, 2008
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This is the twenty-ninth in a series of blog posts by NBCC board members covering the finalists for the NBCC awards. The awards will be announced on March 6, 2008,
March 5, 2008
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Tonight is the night, you can hear more than 20 of our current book prize finalists read from their work at the New School on 66 West 12th Street, between