& The National Book Critics Circle Awards, 2012
At the School of Writing, students study the craft of writing under the direction of master teachers. The approach emphasizes literature as a dynamic artistic discipline.
The School of Writing offers a renowned MFA with concentrations in nonfiction, fiction, poetry, arts writing, and writing for children, and innovative curriculum for undergraduates, including the Riggio Honors Program: Writing & Democracy.
The National Book Critics Circle celebrates outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature.
Each March, the NBCC Awards honor a selection of books newly published in the United States in the six categories of: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. These are the only national literary awards chosen by critics themselves.
American Vanguard, a publishing imprint of the New School Writing Program, revives the name of an annual anthology of writing by New School students from the late 1940s and 1950s.
This site was produced by Robert Polito, John Reed, Luis Jaramillo, Laura Cronk, Lori Lynn Turner, Carrington Alvarez, Bean Haskell, Eric Banks and the Board of the NBCC, and David Varno.
Finalist Reading:
Free and open to the public
February 27, 2013, 6PM
The New School, 66 W 12 St, NYC
Awards Ceremony and Reception:
Free and open to the public
February 28, 2013 6PM
The New School, 66 W 12 St, NYC
Reception to follow at the Lang Center: 55 W 13 St,
tickets are $50
In conjunction with the Board of the National Book Critics Circle, students of The New School Graduate Writing Program interview the 2012 honorees for the NBCC Awards.