2009 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner

Notes From No Man’s Land: American Essays
Eula Biss
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize Acclaimed for its frank and fascinating investigation of racial identity, and reissued on its ten-year anniversary, Notes from No Man’s Land begins…
2009 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Shortlist

Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry
Stephen Burt

Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression
Morris Dickstein

Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture
David Hajdu
