This fall I had the peculiar predicament of moving homes. During the move, for a period of time, the majority of my effects were housed in storage. With me I
November 8, 2010
What to Do With All Those Review Copies? Donate!
By Nicolle Elizabeth
Critical Mass
November 1, 2010
From the Critical Mass Archives: Cynthia Ozick on Lore Segal’s “Other People’s Houses”
By Cynthia Ozick
This essay first appeared on Critical Mass three years ago, in November, 2007, the week after the Mercantile Library Center for Fiction in New York (now the Center for Fiction)
October 29, 2010
NBCC Fiction Winner Junot Diaz at PEN Prison Writing Awards November 1
By Jane Ciabattari
Junot Diaz, winner of the National Book Critics Circle award in fiction, will be a featured reader at tha annual prison writing awards event sponsored by NBCC Sandrof award winning
October 21, 2010
From the Critical Mass Archives: Gunter Grass Talks to John Freeman about “Peeling the Onion”
By John Freeman
On July 5, 2007, Critical Mass published John Freeman's interview with Günter Grass, whose memoir Peeling the Onion, which described his journey to becoming a writer, his infatuation with the
September 16, 2010
Critical Library: Liesl Schillinger
By Eric Banks
In this ongoing series, Critical Mass asks critics to name five books that should be found in any reviewer's library. Herewith is Liesl Schillinger's response. Attention-seeking multitudes, rejecting the hierarchies
September 15, 2010
What Are You Reading, Joan Acocella?
By David Haglund
In this ongoing series, Critical Mass asks writers and critics what they're reading. Here's what 2009 Balakian award recipient Joan Acocella had to say. The three books I’ve read in
September 8, 2010
From the Archives: The National Book Critics Circle Campaign to Save Book Reviewing, 2007
By Jane Ciabattari
DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ARCHIVE VIA PDF The National Book Critics Circle 2007 “Campaign to Save Book Reviewing,” launched April 23, 2007 as an initiative at the NBCC March 2007 board meeting,
August 29, 2010
Still Thinking About New Orleans
By Jane Ciabattari
On this fifth anniversary of the beginning of the devastation that we now simply call Katrina, I'm posting links to Thinking About New Orleans, the Critical Mass blog series I
August 24, 2010
Guest Post by Jonah Raskin: How Do You Decide What to Read Next?
By Jonah Raskin
From NBCC member Jonah Raskin, another response to the third question in our Next Decade in Book Culture series. At the start of summer, John Simon emailed to tell me
August 24, 2010
Guest Post by Michael Lindgren: How Do You Decide What to Read Next?
By Michael Lindgren
Next up in the third in our Next Decade in Book Culture series, NBCC member Michael Lindren: Most of my reviews are assigned, rather than pitched, so it's a