Critical Notes

Post-conventions, mid-Olympics, pre-Labor Day, and plenty of time for summer reading. Board member Carmela Ciuraru has been surveying a set of smart readers, so check out the marvelous series— or take your

Author and former NBCC board member Carolyn See passed away at the age of 82.   Tom Beer, Newsday books editor and NBCC board president, reviewed cancer memoirs by Paul

It's a steamy summer, and drama and tragedy roll across the nation.  It was a particularly resonant time for NBCC Board member Walton Muyumba to write about Invisible Man, Got

Heading into a holiday weekend, NBCC Past President and current VP/Online Jane Ciabattari selects 10 new beach reads for her Between the Lines columnn for BBC.com. And for her weekly

Annie Proulx's Barkskins attracted significant attention from book reviewers.  Jeffrey Ann Goudie reviews the novel for the Kansas City Star.  Board member Colette Bancroft reviews Barkskins for the Tampa Bay Times.

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