Ladies in firefighting attire and gents on Segways greeted visitors outside the Javits Convention Center on Friday morning. A large golden “Book TV” bus was parked inside, a symbol of
June 1, 2007
Report from the NBCC Ethics Panel
By Brenn Jones
Awards
May 8, 2007
News Archive
By NBCC
News items archived from the previous NBCC Website. 2007 NBCC Finalists announced on January 12, 2008: Results available here. NBCC Names Winners of its Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award and
March 17, 2007
Who the Hell is Troy Jollimore?
By Kevin Prufer
After the NBCC awards ceremony, the crowded reception, and a night on the town, I caught a cab back to the Pod Hotel and fired up my laptop. It was
March 8, 2007
Lawrence Weschler’s Eyes
By John Freeman
Today's posts will cover Lawrence Weschler's “Everything that Rises: A Book of Convergences,” a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
March 7, 2007
Kiran Desai: a Rootlessness which becomes Shelter
By Geeta Sharma Jensen
Today's posts will focus on Kiran Desai's “The Inheritance of Loss,” a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. She is the product of multiculturalism and
March 6, 2007
W.D. Snodrass on the Difference between Sentiment and the Sentimental
By Art Winslow
Today's posts will focus on W.D. Snodgrass's “Not for Specialists: New and Selected Poems,” a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Prize in poetry. Look around for
March 5, 2007
Frederick Crews and the Power of Critical Thinking
By Oscar Villalon
Today's posts will focus on Frederick Crews' “Follies of the Wise: Dissenting Essays,” a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle award in criticism. The purpose of an education
March 4, 2007
Daniel C. Dennett’s “Breaking the Spell”
By Carlin Romano
“Philosophy,” goes a two-part gibe that Daniel C. Dennett drolly attributes to Anonymous, “is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.” Guess Mr.
March 2, 2007
Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”
By Laura Miller
Today's posts will focus on Michael Pollan's “The Omnivore's Dilemma” (Penguin Press), which is a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction. “Industrial food,” Michael Pollan
February 28, 2007
Dave Eggers’ What is the What
By Celia McGee
Today's posts will focus on Dave Eggers' novel, “What is the What,” a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. War, famine and ethnic hatreds have,