The National Book Critics Circle awards were presented March 17 at the New School, with a packed after-party (Beowulf Sheehan pix here on the NBCC Facebook page), and reports far
March 28, 2016
NBCC Awards Issue
By Jane Ciabattari
Critical Notes
March 14, 2016
Katie Roiphe, Boris Fishman, Helen Oyeyemi, Jhumpa Lahiri, Pagan Kennedy, and more
By Eric Liebetrau
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March 7, 2016
Jhumpa Lahiri, A.O. Scott, Paul Beatty, Alexander Chee, Susan Jacoby & more
By Eric Liebetrau
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February 22, 2016
Jhumpa Lahiri, Ethan Canin, Alexander Chee, and more
By Carmela Ciuraru
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February 15, 2016
Alexander Chee, Elizabeth Strout, Chris Offutt, and more
By Michele Filgate
NBCC Board member and 2013 Balakian winner Katherine A. Powers reviews Andrea Molesini's Not All Bastards Are from Vienna for The New York Times Book Review, Alexander Chee's The Queen
February 8, 2016
Jhumpa Lahiri, Christopher Sorrentino and the journey of Alexander Chee
By Elizabeth Taylor
For her Lit Hub column, past NBCC President and current VP/Online Jane Ciabattari spotlights winter reading. For her BBC Culture column “10 February Books to Read,” Jane features Alexander Chee's
February 1, 2016
Rachel Cantor, Ian Buruma and Darryl Pinckney, plus Squirrels
By Elizabeth Taylor
Rachel Cantor's novel Good On Paper has received much critical attention from reviewers, Michael Magras reviews it for BookPage and Jeffrey Ann Goudie reviews for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Julia M. Klein
January 25, 2016
NBCC Awards Finalists announced! …and, of course, plenty of criticism
By Eric Liebetrau
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January 18, 2016
Reviews of Elizabeth Strout, Ian Buruma, Diana Athill, and more
By Carmela Ciuraru
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January 11, 2016
Elizabeth Strout, Me. Splitfoot and Presidential Primaries
By Elizabeth Taylor
The new year is off to a great start with a book critics enthusiastic about books published this month, with praise lavished on My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout,