NBCC Reads

This is the sixth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  September 1989. There is a heat wave in

This is the fifth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  “Whilst wandering there on a midsummer evening through

This is the fourth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  Though most of these Second Thoughts pieces are

This is the third in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  “Here,” said my 12th-grade creative-writing teacher. “You might

This is the second in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  Asheville, North Carolina. By the time

Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst, begins this week. More about this series, and how to submit, here.  I have a perfectly clear memory of reading

This summer we’re launching an exciting new series—a feature called “Second Thoughts.” We’re inviting members, as well as NBCC award winners and finalists, to write us about books they’ve had

This year's Nona Balakian award for Excellence in Reviewing went to Alexandra Schwartz for her submission, “The Mind and Its Moods,” a review of two collections of stories by Lydia

Long-time NBCC member Linda Simon's “The Greatest Shows on Earth” is just out from the University of Chicago Press. Here's a sneak peak. From the Introduction:  The nineteenth-century conceit of

In the decade from 2003-2013, poet, critic and NBCC board member David Biespiel published a brief, dazzling essay on poetry every month in the book review of The Oregonian. It became