Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry...
The Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing is an annual award recognizing outstanding work by a member of the NBCC. The citation is awarded in honor of Nona...
“Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems?” Whitman challenged his readers. In this bracing, audacious, dialogical collection, James Berger takes up the question...
100 Notable Books of 2024
Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.
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Speculative Fiction...
A cold case from 1989 is at the center of this surprisingly moving and sure-footed true crime podcast. Jake Halpern, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, tells the story of a...
Ruth Bernard Yeazell is a scholar of the novel whose work has focused more on the visual arts than the average literary critic’s. She has written for The New York Review not...
English undergraduate majors Samantha Liu, Aanika Eragam, and Alex Moore had a strong second place finish at the 12th New Haven Spelling Bee on October 25, 2024.
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