National Book Critics Circle Award1987

Given by National Book Critics Circle

Other Names: John Leonard Award, National Book Critics Circle Award finalist
26 Works 51,699 Books 908 Reviews ½ 4.0
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating show more with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Winner 6

WorkCategoryYear
Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World by Donald R. HowardBiography/Autobiography1987
Less Than One: Selected Essays by Joseph BrodskyCriticism1987
Dance Writings by Edwin DenbyCriticism1987
The Counterlife by Philip RothFiction1987
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesGeneral Nonfiction1987
Flesh & Blood: Poems by C. K. WilliamsPoetry1987

Finalist 26

WorkCategoryYear
Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World by Donald R. HowardBiography/Autobiography1987
An American Childhood by Annie DillardBiography/Autobiography1987
Timebends: A Life by Arthur MillerBiography/Autobiography1987
Don't Tread on Me: The Selected Letters of S. J. Perelman by S. J. PerelmanBiography/Autobiography1987
Private Domain: An Autobiography by Paul TaylorBiography/Autobiography1987
Less Than One: Selected Essays by Joseph BrodskyCriticism1987
Dance Writings by Edwin DenbyCriticism1987
Sight Lines by Arlene CroceCriticism1987
Every Force Evolves a Form by Guy DavenportCriticism1987
Understanding Toscanini by Joseph HorowitzCriticism1987
The Collected Prose by Robert LowellCriticism1987
The Counterlife by Philip RothFiction1987
Beloved by Toni MorrisonFiction1987
The Age of Grief by Jane SmileyFiction1987
Crossing to Safety by Wallace Earle StegnerFiction1987
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeFiction1987
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard RhodesGeneral Nonfiction1987
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time by Stephen Jay GouldGeneral Nonfiction1987
The Genius of the People by Charles L. MeeGeneral Nonfiction1987
Democracy Is in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago, With a New Preface by the Author by Jim MillerGeneral Nonfiction1987
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy ShiltsGeneral Nonfiction1987
Flesh & Blood: Poems by C. K. WilliamsPoetry1987
April Galleons: Poems by John AshberyPoetry1987
The Sunset Maker by Donald JusticePoetry1987
Happy Hour (Phoenix Poets) by Alan ShapiroPoetry1987
In Other Words by May SwensonPoetry1987

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The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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(English, Member-written)
The National Book Critics Circle, founded in 1974, is a non-profit organization consisting of more than 900 active book reviewers who are interested in honoring quality writing and communicating with one another about common concerns... The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual awards for the best book in six categories: autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Website

Winners
(English, Member-written)

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