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If you are reading these words, you know that the news, reviews, and discussions posted on Critical Mass constitute one of the ways in which the National Book Critics Circle

This year, the conversation was mellower. Participants in the National Book Critics Circle panel on the future of book reviews chatted about e-galleys, the elegance of deckle-edged pages and the

The Next Decade in Book Culture. A conversation sponsored by the National Book Critics Circle   May 27, 2010 11:00 amJakob K. Javits Center, Room 1E14665 West 34th StreetNew York,

Summery day. Drifts of tree pollen and cherry blossoms in the air. New Yorkers baring arms, legs, tattoos. Mayday protest for workers’ rights in Union Square, cheek by jowl  with

PEN president K. Anthony Appiah was the eloquent master of ceremonies on Saturday afternoon, May 1, unruffled despite flaws in the sound system, as the venerable and stately Toni Morrison,

Last March, the International Herald Tribune was forced to pay $114,000 for allegedly libeling the prime minister of Singapore in an article analyzing the “dynastic” politics of that nation. Standards

Thursday evening this week's PEN World Voices spread out all over New York.  As I sat in the front section of the Morgan Library auditorium, I knew there were whirlwinds