The National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced.
Criticism
The Rest is Noise, by Alex Ross (Farrar)
Poetry
Elegy, by Mary Jo Bang (Graywolf)
Biography
Stanley: the Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer, by Tim Jeal (Yale)
General Nonfiction
Medical Apartheid, by Harriet Washington (Doubleday)
Autobiography
Brother, I’m Dying, by Edwidge Danticat (Knopf)
Fiction
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz (Riverhead)
Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award: Emilie Buchwald
Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing: Sam Anderson
