Critical Notes

Rayyan Al-Shawa reviewed Audrey Schulman's Theory of Bastards in The Globe and Mail. Here’s board member Kerri Arsenault on an early lesson in labor and loyalty: “How My Father’s Strike

NBCC board member Laurie Hertzel wrote her weekly Star Tribune column on the strange and disturbing trend of shelving books spine-in. Board member Lori Feathers highlights three recent translations in

Jenny Bhatt reviewed ‘Sharp’ by Balakian winner Michelle Dean, about ten women writers who shaped the NYC intellectual scene in the 20th century. In her piece, Bhatt looks at similar

Reviews Eileen Weiner reviewed Richard Powers’ ‘The Overstory’ for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Heller McAlpin reviewed Meg Wolitzer’s ‘The Female Persuasion’ for the Barnes and Noble Review and Michelle Dean’s ‘Sharp’

Last month, the NBCC asked some of its most acclaimed member-critics what it means to be a critic alongside a world in flux. Panelists included Ruth Franklin, who won last year's NBCC

  Let’s play ball. It’s Opening Day. For his web journal Our Man in Boston, Robert Birnbaum reviews: A Season in the Sun: The Rise of Mickey Mantle by Randy Roberts & Johnny

Reviews and profiles from our membership NBCC board member and VP Membership Anjali Enjeti wrote about the need to diversity and decolonize school reading lists for Al Jazeera.  NBCC board member and

More about the NBCC awards: The NBCC awards ceremony video is posted on our blog. Make sure to watch the wonderful speeches from the winners. NBCC board member Laurie Hertzel wrote

This year's National Book Critics Circle awards Thursday night came after a five-hour board meeting at which the winners were chosen (see board, above, in a photo by John Midgley)

  ***  The NBCC awards finalists will read on Wednesday, March 14, at 6:30 pm at The New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York City, and the awards ceremony