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National Book Critics Circle
@bookcritics
Honoring outstanding writing and fostering a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature since 1974.
Joined September 2009
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    The NBCC will no longer be posting on X. Please find us on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram!
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    Congratulations to @ClintSmithIII, winner of the NBCC 2021 prize for Nonfiction with HOW THE WORD IS PASSED (@littlebrown)!
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    The winner of the 2020 NBCC Award for Autobiography is @cathyparkhong for “Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning,” published by @OneWorldLit!
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    Congratulations to @BlkLibraryGirl, winner of the NBCC 2021 prize for Fiction with THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B DU BOIS (@harperbooks)!
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    Congratulations! The winner of the 2019 NBCC prize in Poetry is Morgan Parker for “Magical Negro” (Tin House)
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    Congratulations to @dlseuss, winner of the NBCC 2021 prize for Poetry with FRANK: SONNETS (@GraywolfPress)!
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    Congratulations to Anthony Veasna So, winner of the NBCC 2021 John Leonard Prize with AFTERPARTIES (@eccobooks)!
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    Congratulations to @melissafebos, winner of the NBCC 2021 prize for Criticism with GIRLHOOD (@BloomsburyPub)!
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    Congratulations! The winner of the 2019 NBCC prize in Criticism is Saidiya Hartman for “Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval” (W.W. Norton)
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    The finalists for the 2020 NBCC Award for Poetry are Victoria Chang, Francine J. Harris, Amaud Jamaul Johnson, Chris Nealon, and Danez Smith. #NBCCAwards
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    Congratulations to Merve Emre, the winner of the NBCC Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, and to finalists Christoph Irmscher, Julian Lucas, Jeremy Lybarger, and Jennifer Wilson!
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    Congratulations to the finalists for the NBCC Award for Poetry: B.K. Fischer, Donika Kelly, Rajiv Mohabir, Cheswayo Mphanza, and Diane Seuss!
    Book covers of B.K. Fischer’s Ceive, Donika Kelly’s The Renunciations, Rajiv Mohabir’s Cutlish, Cheswayo Mphanza’s The Rhinehart Frames, and Diane Seuss’s frank: sonnets.
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    ANNOUNCING THE FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022