Critical Notes

All of us on the NBCC board hope you had a great holiday, even if it wasn’t quite the same as years before. (Sure, the cookout might have had much

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the journalism industry hard, with many media outlets laying off staffers and cutting freelance assignments. But we strongly believe that conversations about literature are desperately

We hope you’re having a great Thursday! Or whatever day it is. We’ve been in quarantine so long, we honestly don’t know anymore. Luckily, our members know what books you

We hope your May is going well so far! To kick off the month, we’ve got several reviews from our members, including our critics’ takes on the latest books by

Our members have had yet another busy week, publishing dozens of reviews and interviews, appearing at virtual book fairs, and, in one case, promising to recreate the Breakfast Club dance

Dear members, by now you might have heard that book lovers all over the world banded together to save the legendary City Lights Books in San Francisco. While that’s indisputably

“After everything that’s happened, how can the world still be so beautiful? Because it is.” ― Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake  Dear members, we continue to keep you all in

“Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece

“To state quite simply what we learn in time of pestilence: that there are more things to admire in men than to despise.” — Albert Camus, The Plague Dear members,

Notice to members and NBCC awards attendees from President Laurie Hertzel:
We regret to inform you that all of the NBCC public events–the Finalists Reading, the awards ceremony and the membership meeting–have been canceled because of the threat of the coronavirus. The gala party will be postponed until fall.