Critical Notes

Reviews Q: When is a detective story more than a detective story?A: When it’s an allegory for the state of the nation.Joe Peschel reviewed Jonathan Lethem's “Feral Detective” in the

Reviews: Julia M. Klein reviewed Pamela S. Nadell's “America's Jewish Women” for the Forward. Pam Munter reviewed “Wit’s End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It” by

NBCC News SAVE THE DATE: This year's annual National Book Critics Circle membership meeting will be on Thursday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to noon at The New School. That's

NBCC News SAVE THE DATE: This year's annual National Book Critics Circle membership meeting will be on Thursday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to noon at The New School. That's

NBCC board member and Newsday books editor Tom Beer wrote about books to read during Black History Month. Rochelle Spencer reported on “The Oakland Renaissance: A Roundtable of Afro-Futurist Luminaries,” a

But first! The NBCC finalists announcement got some lovely coverage The Washington Independent Review of Books Hillel Italie's Associated Press report ran in newspapers from Seattle to Washington. The Minneapolis

NBCC NEWS: The deadline for #NBCCLeonard voters is January 14, 6 pm EST. Don't forget to vote! Check out our latest #NBCCReads series, Favorite Books about Books, curated by Emerging

NBCC News National Book Critics Circle board elections results announced today! Here are the eight candidates elected. Reviews & Interviews NBCC board member Michael Schaub on Didion, Patterson, and more

Here, in alphabetical order, are the eight candidates (of 27) who garnered the most votes in this year's board elections. Congratulations to all the candidates who stepped forward, and to

NBCC Deadlines: NBCC Board Elections deadline is January 4, 2019. Here's the slate of candidates for eight open board seats. To vote, fill out the SurveyMonkey email received. #NBCCLeonard awards