March 16, 2016
By Carlos Lozada
This year's Nona Balakian award for Excellence in Reviewing went to Carlos Lozada for his submission of three reviews from The Washington Post. “I just binge-read eight books by Donald
March 15, 2016
By Carlos Lozada
This year's Nona Balakian award for Excellence in Reviewing went to Carlos Lozada for his submission of three reviews from The Washington Post. The radical chic of Ta-Nehisi Coates is
March 2, 2016
By Admin
In January, the National Book Critics Circle board announced this year's Sandrof award for lifetime achievement, Balakian award for excellence in criticism, the John Leonard award for best first book,
January 18, 2016
By Admin
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December 31, 2015
By Jane Ciabattari
The ballot has gone out! Eight titles–all written by women– are longlisted for the John Leonard Prize for first book, to be chosen by a vote of the National Book
November 20, 2015
By Admin
If you'll be in the Washington, D.C., area next week please join the NBCC and the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress for the launch of a
October 26, 2015
By Miriam Markowitz
Dear readers, This year I have the honor of chairing the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize for a first book in any genre. This is not your typical
September 3, 2015
By NBCC
Three National Book Critics Circle Award honorees—Jayne Anne Phillips, a fiction finalist for her novel Machine Dreams, Lily King, a fiction finalist for her novel Euphoria, and Anthony Marra, winner
July 9, 2015
By Admin
On the eve of the American Library Association convention in San Francisco, the National Book Critics Circle and Zyzzyva Magazine threw a party to celebrate a raft of bookish anniversaries
July 9, 2015
By admin
“You changed our lives!” A group of Bay Area Asian American women writers gave a spontaneous salute to NBCC nonfiction awardee Maxine Hong Kingston (Woman Warrior, 1976), an honored guest