The National Book Critics Circle Award

Cover of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois; abstract images of a woman, a tree and a sun
Cover of How The Word is Passed; all text, with the title words bolded
Cover of All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days; an X created out of Nazi-era documents and photos
Cover of Frank: Sonnets; a shirtless man making a fist and curling his bicep
Cover of Girlhood; the word Girlhood, in shades of pink, repeated and gradually disappearing
The cover of Afterparties, with a pink sky and two boys smoking in a pickup truck
2021 NBCC Awards

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By David Varno

January 23, 2023

Dear NBCC Friends,  A week from tomorrow, we’ll announce the finalists for the 2022 NBCC awards. Stay tuned for a registration link. The strike at HarperCollins continues after two months, still with no

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