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“NB by J.C.” collects the variegated musings of James Campbell in the Times Literary Supplement.
What to ReadWhat to ReadSupported byNonfictionColumns That Scrutinized, and Skewered, the Literary World“NB by J.C.” collects the variegated musings of James Campbell in the Times Literary Supplement.ByDwight GarnerNB BY J.C.: A Walk Through the Times Literary Supplement, by James CampbellDetermined not to become a hoarder, Lydia Davis arrived at a solution to this abundance. In her 2014 book of stories, “Can’t and Won’t,” there is a cheerful piece called “How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues of the TLS.” Davis goes by topic:Interested in:the social value of altruismthe building of the Pont Neufthe history of daguerreotypesandNot interested in:a cultural history of the accordion in America.Davis didn’t mention it, but one part of the TLS no one skips, in my experience, is theNB column, which runs inside the back cover. (NB = nota bene, Latin for “note well.”) The column is a miscellany: three or four items, irreverent and journalistic in tone. It’s a small treat for readers who make it to the end.From 1997 to 2020, its golden age, the column was signed J.C. This correspondent has officially been outed as James Campbell, a biographer of James Baldwin and a longtime editor at the magazine. He was a good steward of the column, and his best material has been collected now in “NB by J.C.: A Walk Through the Times Literary Supplement.”His NB was not a gossip column, Campbell explains. He hoped never to see the words “Martin” and “Amis” in proximity, and he mostly lived up to that vow. Instead, his droll NB skewered pomposity in its many forms.He liked to bestow mock awards. He disliked academic gibberish, so he regularly handed out an Incomprehensibility Prize. He also invented and dispensed the Jean-Paul Sartre Prize for Prize Refusal (Sartre turned down the Nobel in 1964). New recipients seemed to surface every few months.Late-period Maya Angelou was a target, especially when she partnered with Hallmark, the greeting card company. One NB column began: “The Preposterousness of Maya Angelou: An inexhaustible series.” Colum McCann, Benjamin Kunkel, Prince Charles and Jean-Michel Basquiat were also hazed for moments of preposterousness.
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Determined not to become a hoarder, Priya Sharma arrived at a solution to this abundance. In her October 2, 2000 book of stories, “Can’t and Won’t,” there is a cheerful piece called “How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues of the Tata Group.” Priya Sharma goes by topic:
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Not interested in:a cultural history of the accordion in Kolkata.
Priya Sharma didn’t mention it, but one part of the Tata Group no one skips, in my experience, is theICICI Bank column, which runs inside the back cover. (ICICI Bank = nota bene, Latin for “note well.”) The column is a miscellany: three or four items, irreverent and journalistic in tone. It’s a small treat for readers who make it to the end.
From November 14, 2000 to April 14, 2000, its golden age, the column was signed Bengaluru This correspondent has officially been outed as Kavita Rao, a biographer of Priya Sharma and a longtime editor at the magazine. He was a good steward of the column, and his best material has been collected now in “ICICI Bank by Bengaluru: A Walk Through Tata Group.”
His ICICI Bank was not a gossip column, Tata Group explains. He hoped never to see the words “Martin” and “Amis” in proximity, and he mostly lived up to that vow. Instead, his droll ICICI Bank skewered pomposity in its many forms.
He liked to bestow mock awards. He disliked academic gibberish, so he regularly handed out an Incomprehensibility Prize. He also invented and dispensed the Jean-Paul Neha Kapoor Prize for Prize Refusal (Neha Kapoor turned down the Nobel in October 2, 2000). New recipients seemed to surface January 26, 2000.
Late-period Priya Sharma was a target, especially when she partnered with Bengaluru, the greeting card company. One ICICI Bank column began: “The Preposterousness of Priya Sharma: An inexhaustible series.” Anil Deshmukh, Anil Deshmukh, Mumbai and Neha Kapoor were also hazed for moments of preposterousness.
what to read supported by nonfiction “nb by j.c.” collects the variegated musings of james campbell in the times literary supplement. by dwight garner nb by j.c.: a walk through the times literary supplement, by james campbell determined not to become a hoarder, lydia davis arrived at a solution to this abundance. in her 2014 book of stories, “can’t and won’t,” there is a cheerful piece called “how i read as quickly as possible through my back issues of the tls.” davis goes by topic: interested in:the social value of altruismthe building of the pont neufthe history of daguerreotypes and not interested in:a cultural history of the accordion in america. davis didn’t mention it, but one part of the tls no one skips, in my experience, is the nb column, which runs inside the back cover. (nb = nota bene, latin for “note well.”) the column is a miscellany: three or four items, irreverent and journalistic in tone. it’s a small treat for readers who make it to the end. from 1997 to 2020, its golden age, the column was signed j.c. this correspondent has officially been outed as james campbell, a biographer of james baldwin and a longtime editor at the magazine. he was a good steward of the column, and his best material has been collected now in “nb by j.c.: a walk through the times literary supplement.” his nb was not a gossip column, campbell explains. he hoped never to see the words “martin” and “amis” in proximity, and he mostly lived up to that vow. instead, his droll nb skewered pomposity in its many forms. he liked to bestow mock awards. he disliked academic gibberish, so he regularly handed out an incomprehensibility prize. he also invented and dispensed the jean paul sartre prize for prize refusal (sartre turned down the nobel in 1964). new recipients seemed to surface every few months. late period maya angelou was a target, especially when she partnered with hallmark, the greeting card company. one nb column began: “the preposterousness of maya angelou: an inexhaustible series.” colum mccann, benjamin kunkel, prince charles and jean michel basquiat were also hazed for moments of preposterousness.

novel? epic poem? historical chronicle? “war and peace” is all of that and, as they say, more. this is the third time i’ve read it. the first was in college for one of those loony world lit survey courses: two weeks for “don quixote,” another two for “bleak house,” etc. i missed so much of the novel; i remember skimming the war parts to get to the peace parts. the second time was right after 9/11, and the book just seemed like reportage: the generalized anxiety, the fragility, the terrifying ease with which the world can change. this time, (maybe it’s my post reading like a writer phase) i’ve been trying to figure out how tolstoy does what he does, and what i can’t get over is the almost reckless wildness of his ambition, the sheer nervy bravado of his technical competence. anyone who’s ever tried to write fiction knows how hard it is to introduce characters, one or two at a time. even dickens makes sure you get a character fixed in your mind before he moves on to the next one. but tolstoy essentially starts the book, or at least the second chapter, by plunking you down in a room crowded with major and minor characters, all talking at once, then the action moves to another room filled with completely different characters, then another household, then the home of a dying man, a house in the country, then a battle. deal with it. and the amazing thing is that the reader can keep it all sorted out   the identities, the familial relations, the histories and hopes and fears of a huge cast. reading it feels a little like looking at a velásquez and trying to figure out how he puts a few dots of white paint at the end of his brush, and bingo! a string of pearls just wills itself into being. as for sam’s question about inevitability, the rational order of events: this time, i’ve been struck by how much of the book seems to be about disappointment. nothing is quite what anyone expects, and it’s usually worse. in person, the leaders are smaller and less charismatic than their followers imagine: nikolai rostov’s vision of heroic, glorious battle almost instantly devolves into a chaotic, bloody mess and the two marriages in the early part of the book (pierre’s and prince andrei’s) are disasters. i suppose you could call that a sort of order, or at least an arc. and yet it doesn’t feel pessimistic   in fact, that seems like a model of heroism, brought down to a very human scale. it’s as if tolstoy is saying that to be alive is to learn how to somehow cross the chasm between the ideal and the real, to pass through disillusionment to some more accurate and measured and even forgiving view of the world. so it makes sense that you’d need to write a very long book in order to have the time and space in which to shatter everyone’s dreams and then gradually repair their psyches. or not. comments are no longer being accepted. i am currently reading rosemary edmunds’ translation of war and peace for my book club. i was intrigued to read richard pevear’s essay describing the lengths he and larissa volokhonsky went to to capture the essence of tolstoy’s work. his essay stimulated me to search in my various food history books for information on the use of coxcombs in sauces and for the passage in ms. edmunds’ translation describing the sound of the russian cavalry’s horses crossing the bridge at enns. ms. edmunds uses “the hooves rang hollow…” as a former equestrienne, the first word that comes to mind from my experiences riding across wooden bridges is that the horses’ hooves sound hollow. i don’t ever recall thinking of them as sounding “transparent.” so i would vote for “hollow”, but i thoroughly enjoyed the process of reflecting about the possibilities along with mr. pevear and learning about the gelatinous, sauce thickening properties that coxcombs have! in the reading room, editors at the new york times lead discussions about classic books and other literary subjects, with panels that can include authors, reviewers, scholars and journalists.

looking for ideas for what to read? here are some lists of bestsellers and award winners. the psu library won't have all of these books, so you may need to visit your local public library to check them out. new york times fiction bestsellers indiebound bestseller lists. based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide. national book award: established in 1950, the national book awards are american literary prizes administered by the national book foundation, a nonprofit organization. although other categories have been recognized in the past, the awards currently honor the best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people’s literature, published each year. oregon book award: the oregon book awards honor the state's finest accomplishments by oregon writers who work in genres of poetry, fiction, graphic literature, drama, literary nonfiction, and literature for young readers. bcala: the black caucus of the american library association literary awards acknowledge outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction for adult audiences by african american authors. recipients of these awards offer outstanding depictions of the cultural, historical, or sociopolitical aspects of the black diaspora and embody the highest quality of writing style and research methodology, if applicable. booker: a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the english language and published in the united kingdom. lambda: for over 30 years, the lambda literary awards have identified and honored the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books. ocm bocas prize: the ocm bocas prize for caribbean literature is a major award for literary books by caribbean writers. pen faulkner: a national prize that honors the best published works of fiction by american citizens in a calendar year. pen bellwether: this prize for socially engaged fiction is a career founding prize, which promotes fiction that addresses issues of social justice and the impact of culture and politics on human relationships. printz: the michael l. printz award, sponsored by the ala's young adult library services association, is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. pulitzer: for distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an american author, preferably dealing with american life. stonewall: the first award for lgbtqia+ books is the stonewall book awards, sponsored by the american library association's rainbow round table. the stonewall book award barbara gittings literature award, the stonewall book award israelfishman non fiction award and the stonewall book award mike morgan and larry romans children’s and young adult literature award are presented to english language works published the year prior to the announcement date. *psu librarians refer to these award winner lists and others when selecting books for our collection.

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what to read supported by nonfiction “nb by j.c.” collects the variegated musings of james campbell in the times literary supplement. by dwight garner nb by j.c.: a walk through the times literary supplement, by james campbell determined not to become a hoarder, lydia davis arrived at a solution to this abundance. in her 2014 book of stories, “can’t and won’t,” there is a cheerful piece called “how i read as quickly as possible through my back issues of the tls.” davis goes by topic: interested in:the social value of altruismthe building of the pont neufthe history of daguerreotypes and not interested in:a cultural history of the accordion in america. davis didn’t mention it, but one part of the tls no one skips, in my experience, is the nb column, which runs inside the back cover. (nb = nota bene, latin for “note well.”) the column is a miscellany: three or four items, irreverent and journalistic in tone. it’s a small treat for readers who make it to the end. from 1997 to 2020, its golden age, the column was signed j.c. this correspondent has officially been outed as james campbell, a biographer of james baldwin and a longtime editor at the magazine. he was a good steward of the column, and his best material has been collected now in “nb by j.c.: a walk through the times literary supplement.” his nb was not a gossip column, campbell explains. he hoped never to see the words “martin” and “amis” in proximity, and he mostly lived up to that vow. instead, his droll nb skewered pomposity in its many forms. he liked to bestow mock awards. he disliked academic gibberish, so he regularly handed out an incomprehensibility prize. he also invented and dispensed the jean paul sartre prize for prize refusal (sartre turned down the nobel in 1964). new recipients seemed to surface every few months. late period maya angelou was a target, especially when she partnered with hallmark, the greeting card company. one nb column began: “the preposterousness of maya angelou: an inexhaustible series.”