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Chapter & Verse Interview with poet John Ashbery

John Ashbery is recognized by many critics as one of the most eminent American poets of the 20th-century. He published his first awarding-winning book of poems "Some Trees" in 1956. Today, at 85, Ashbery shows no signs of putting his pen down any time soon. He has recently published a collection of poems entitled "Quick Question."
Chapter & Verse Catching up with award-winning LBJ biographer Robert Caro

Robert Caro's chronicle of LBJ's rise to the presidency has become the gold standard for presidential biographies.
Pulitzer Prize for history, but not for fiction

The late Manning Marable won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for history, honored for a Malcolm X book. But no Pulitzer Prize was awarded for fiction.
Chapter & Verse Edith Pearlman takes the NBCC fiction prize

Other National Book Critics Circle honorees include writer John Lewis Gaddis for 'George F. Kennan: An American Life' and Maya Jasanoff for 'Liberty's Exiles.'
Philip Levine: the “proletariat poet”

Philip Levine, a former Detroit factory worker and one of the most highly rated writers of his generation, is the new US Poet Laureate.
"Once Upon a River," by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Campbell's plucky heroine, Margo, carves out her own epic on the Stark and Kalamazoo rivers.
Pulitzer Prize 2011: Who are the winners in the arts?

From the work of a recent US Poet Laureate to a satire by a Steppenwolf Theatre-affiliated playwright to a Chinese folk-tale-turned opera, the 2011 Pulitzer Prizes for the arts represent a lively and wide-ranging mélange.
Heart of the City

Nine New York love stories: Can a city be a matchmaker?
NBCC award finalists: the best fiction of 2010

All those book critics – the ones who devour several books a week – what did they like best last year? Here's your chance to find out. The National Book Critics Circle Awards are sort of the Golden Globes of the book world – lower profile, perhaps, than the National Book Awards but very prestigious, nonetheless. The winners will be announced in March.
The Marrowbone Marble Company

How an idealistic GI – newly home from World War II – found his calling making marbles and fighting racism.
Shadow Tag

Louise Erdrich pours heart and soul into this powerful, sensitive portrait of the final months of a destructive marriage.
Chronic City

Novelist Jonathan Lethem’s ambition and talent outstrip his focus in this provocative tale of urban life.
Classic review: The Master Butchers Singing Club

A novel from Louise Erdrich, inspired by the German side of her family.
When innocence and guilt intertwine

Past and present overlap in Louise Erdrich's lyrical new novel.
When innocence and guilt intertwine

Past and present overlap in Louise Erdrich's lyrical new novel.