Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from Sam Tanenhaus and here are the
October 3, 2009
Critical Library: Sam Tanenhaus
By Eric Banks
Critical Mass
October 3, 2009
Critical LIbrary: Wendy Lesser
By Eric Banks
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from novelist, essayist and Threepenny Review editor
October 3, 2009
Critical Library: William Logan
By Eric Banks
Each week, the NBCC will post a list of five books a critic believes reviewers should have in their libraries. We recently heard from former NBCC criticism finalist (and winner)
October 1, 2009
James Shapiro’s Book Review Course at Columbia on Hiatus?
By Eric Banks
In the New York Observer, Leon Neyfakh reports that “Lil’ Lionel Trillings Will Have to Fend for Themselves” as James Shapiro’s course “The Book Review” goes on “indefinite hiatus.” “There
September 30, 2009
NBCC at 35: Guest Post by Reamy Jansen
By Jane Ciabattari
Reamy Jansen is a past, two-term Vice President for Membership. He is a Professor of English and Humanities at Rockland Community College (SUNY) and an Adjunct Professor of Media Studies
September 21, 2009
Linda Wolfe on the NBCC at 35
By Eric Banks
On the occasion of the NBCC’s 35th anniversary, board member Linda Wolfe remembers the first NBCC awards ceremony, in 1976. A video of her remarks, delivered at the 35th anniversary
September 20, 2009
What I’m Looking Forward to Reading: Meghan O’Rourke
By Craig Morgan Teicher
As the last couple of days of summer appear, here is poet and critic Meghan O’Rourke on her summer and fall reading I usually read a few books for pleasure
September 17, 2009
After Kapuściński: The Art of Reportage in the 21st Century, cosponsored by NBCC
By Eric Banks
AFTER KAPUŚCIŃSKI: THE ART OF REPORTAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURYA 2-DAY SYMPOSIUMOctober 6-7, 2009NYU’s Hemmerdinger Hall100 Washington Square East This two-day symposium offers an exciting public conversation about the state
September 16, 2009
Spotlight: Michael Antman on the Memoir
By Eric Banks
NBCC member Michael Antman recently began a regular column at PopMatters.com, “Read Only Memory,” reflecting on all aspects of the memoir genre. In his first two installments, he focused on
September 11, 2009
In Retrospect: Maureen N. McLane on John Ashbery’s “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror”
By Jane Ciabattari
The following essay by NBCC board member and Balakian award winner Maureen N. McLane on John Ashbery’s “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” winner of the first NBCC Award in Poetry