Critical Notes

Members and friends, we hope you’re having a great summer so far! Over the past week, our members have been busy with reviews of books by authors including Matthew Specktor,

Members and friends, we hope you’re having a good summer so far! If you missed last week’s NBCC conversation about racial consciousness in literary criticism, you can watch it online

Members and friends, we hope you’re having a good summer so far! We’d like to welcome the new class of Emerging Critics to the NBCC—we’re excited to start working with

Members and friends, we hope you had a great weekend! Our members have been keeping busy this summer with reviews of books by authors like Kimiko Hahn, Francine Prose, Ellen

Members and friends, we hope you’re doing well! If you’re looking for ideas for summer reading, our members have your back with reviews of books by authors like Dana McAnulty,

Members and friends, we hope you’re getting ready for the summer and getting some good reading done! This week, our members have been busy reviewing books by authors like Zakiya

Members and friends, our board is putting together a new guide with tips on how to be a successful book reviewer. We’d really like to hear from you! Please share

Members and friends, we hope you’re having a good spring so far! Our members have been keeping busy recently with reviews of books by authors such as Monica West, Julie

Members and friends, we hope you’re having a great spring! Over the past week, our members have been busy writing reviews of books by authors like Marisa Silver, Chris Bohjalian,