2012 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner

Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights
Marina Warner
Our foremost theorist of myth, fairytale, and folktale explores the magical realm of the imagination where carpets fly and genies grant prophetic wishes. Stranger Magic examines the profound impact of the Arabian Nights on the West, the progressive exotici…
2012 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Shortlist

Rack, and Honey
Mary Ruefle Madness

Reinventing Bach
Paul Elie

The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness
Kevin Young
