As others have mentioned, the winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced last night. Here they are with some links to excerpts and/or reviews if you want to know more about the books:
- Fiction: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson – excerpt, review
- Nonfiction: The Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch – excerpt, review
- Biography: De Kooning: An American Master by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan – review
- Poetry: The School Among the Ruins: Poems 2000-2004 by Adrienne Rich – listen to Rich read
- Criticism: Where You’re at: Notes from the Frontline of a Hip Hop Planet by Patrick Neate – excerpt
