The O. Henry Prize Stories for 2015
We are very happy to announce the O. Henry Prize Stories for 2015, which will appear in the eponymous anthology this September, from Anchor. Read selected stories, here. Percival Everett Finding...
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Books Making News This Week: Awards Season Begins
Awards season begins. Drumroll as the National Book Awards announces its 40-book longlist one category at a time in The New Yorker this week, shining the spotlight on Hanya Yanagihara’s second novel, A...
View ArticleRoxane Gay Wins the PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award
We are very happy to announce that cultural critic, novelist, Twitter powerhouse, and English professor Roxane Gay has won the 2015 PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award (Ms. Gay is also a contributing...
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What Book Made You the Writer You Are Today?
On the occasion of the 2015 Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, finalists were asked to share their most important, formative books. Finalists—Sophie McManus, Ben Metcalf, Lori Ostlund, Viet Thanh...
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Announcing the PEN Longlists, Pt. 1
All this week, we’ll be helping the PEN American Center announce the longlists for their 2016 PEN Literary Awards. First up: the PEN/Robert W. Bingham and PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Awards. PEN/Robert...
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Announcing The Story Prize Finalists
Now in its 12th year, The Story Prize was established by Larry Dark and Julie Lindsey in 2004 to honor short fiction collections and to attract further attention to the form. Previous winners include...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Elizabeth Taylor on Terry Alford’s Fortune’s Fool
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Elizabeth Taylor offers an appreciation of...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Kate Tuttle on Sam Quinones’ Dreamland
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Kate Tuttle offers an appreciation of...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Elizabeth Taylor on George Hodgman’s Bettyville
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Elizabeth Taylor offers an appreciation of...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Leigh Newman on Margo Jefferson’s Negroland
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Leigh Newman on...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Joanna Scutts on Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Joanna Scutts on...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Karen Long on Elizabeth Alexander’s The Light of the World
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Karen Long on...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Michele Filgate on Vivian Gornick’s The Odd Woman and...
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Michele Filgate on memoir finalist Vivian...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Mark Rotella on Brian Seibert’s What the Eye Hears
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Mark Rotella on memoir finalist Brian...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Terrance Hayes’ How to Be Drawn and Ta-Nehisi Coates’...
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Walton Muyumba on poetry finalist Terrance...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Jane Ciabattari on Anthony Marra’s The Tsar of Love and...
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Jane Ciabattari offers an appreciation of...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Greg Barrios on Ada Limón
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Gregg Barrios on poetry finalist Ada Limón’s...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Gregg Barrios on Valeria Luiselli
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Gregg Barrios offers an appreciation of...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Karen Long on Paul Beatty
In the days leading up to the March 17 announcement of the 2015 NBCC award winners, Critical Mass highlights the thirty finalists. Today, in the 30th review, NBCC board member Karen Long on Paul...
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Five Books Making News This Week: Debuts, Icons, and Poets
Ten emerging playwrights, poets, writers of fiction and nonfiction—win $50,000 Whiting Awards this week. Among them, J.D. Daniels and Catherine Lacey, who have books due out in 2017, Ocean Vuong and...
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