{"id":110,"date":"2008-03-07T11:19:35","date_gmt":"2008-03-07T18:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=110"},"modified":"2008-03-07T11:59:24","modified_gmt":"2008-03-07T18:59:24","slug":"the-national-book-critics-circle-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/07\/the-national-book-critics-circle-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Book Critics Circle Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every year the NBCC presents awards for the finest books and reviews published in English. Below are the 2006 winners. Also avalable: The 2007 NBCC Finalists<\/a>, as well as submission guidelines<\/a>, all current and past winners and finalists<\/a>, >,and a detailed description of how we select titles for the awards.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information about the 2006 awards, see our blog series, “The 2006 NBCC Finalists – 30 Books in 30 Days,”<\/a> for links to reviews and more information, as well as board commentary on each title chosen as a finalst, and online videos<\/a> of the 2006 NBCC Finalist Readings and Awards Ceremony.
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Fiction:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
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Kiran Desai<\/strong>, The Inheritance of Loss<\/em> (Atlantic Monthly Press). <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Poetry:<\/strong> <\/dt>\n
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Troy Jollimore<\/strong>, Tom Thomson in Purgatory<\/em> (Margie\/Intuit House).<\/dd>\n
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Biography:<\/strong> <\/dt>\n
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Julie Phillips<\/strong>, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon<\/em> (St. Martin’s Press).<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Autobiography:<\/strong> <\/dt>\n
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Daniel Mendelsohn<\/strong>, The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million<\/em> (HarperCollins). <\/dd>\n
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Criticism:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Lawrence Weschler<\/strong>, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences<\/em> (McSweeney’s). <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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General Nonfiction:<\/strong> <\/dt>\n
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Simon Schama<\/strong>, Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution<\/em> (Ecco).<\/dd>\n
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Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award:<\/strong> <\/dt>\n
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John Leonard<\/strong>. Click here<\/a> for an NBCC citation about Leonard, written by board member Linda Wolfe, and here<\/a>, for a round up of writing by or about Leonard, here<\/a> for Studs Terkel’s thoughts on Leonard, and most importantly here<\/a> for John Leonard’s wonderful NBCC Award acceptance speech.<\/dd>\n
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Nona Balakian Citation For Excellence In Writing:<\/strong> <\/dt>\n
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Steven G. Kellman<\/strong>. Click here<\/a> for the NBCC’s introdution to Kellman and his acceptance speech.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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