NBCC Reads

For our most recent NBCC Reads series of posts on Critical Mass, we asked members to select a favorite work of literary journalism. Our call drew a variety of responses,

Essayist, novelist, screenwriter, and critic Gore Vidal died this week in Los Angeles. He was 86. Vidal won the NBCC award in criticism for his 1982 book, The Second American

Yesterday, we republished D.G. Myers' critique of the term “literary journalism.” As we wrap up this spring's NBCC Reads posts on the topic, we've asked Norman Sims for a response.

The majority of responses we received to our NBCC Reads question about literary journalism celebrated works of deep research, immersion reporting, and fine writing. Eliot Weinberger, editor of Jorge Luis

Many of the works of literary journalism recommended in the latest iteration of NBCC Reads fit into neat categories: war stories, travel pieces, immersion journalism, and so on. Many don't,

For the latest iteration of NBCC Reads, we've asked members and friends of the NBCC to share their favorite works of literary journalism. Below, member Richard Z. Santos discusses Svetlana

Many of the respondents to our latest NBCC Reads question about literary journalism celebrated works of deep immersion into a topic, the product of months and sometimes years of living

War reporting has been at the heart of plenty of contemporary literary journalism: A scan through the list of of NBCC finalists and winners in the nonfiction categories reveals some

Many of the respondents to our latest NBCC Reads question selected literary journalists who are currently working. Before getting into those, however, let's take a brief look at some of

The latest NBCC Reads question asks: What is your favorite work of literary journalism? Here, member Richard Melo considers the legacy of Tom Wolfe: Tom Wolfe? Ewwwwwww. Him? Get outta