1989 National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry Winner

Transparent Gestures
Rodney Jones
On receiving the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1990 for his third book, Transparent Gestures, Rodney Jones was hailed as “a brand-new world-class poet.” This collection of poems, rich in irony, sensuousness, and pleasure, reveals his robust, humoro…
1989 National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry Shortlist

Earthquake Weather
August Kleinzahler

Human Wishes
Robert Hass

Pyramid of Bone
Thylias Moss
