2014 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner

The Essential Ellen Willis, edited by Nona Willis Aronowitz
Ellen Willis
Out of the Vinyl Deeps, published in 2011, introduced a new generation to the incisive, witty, and merciless voice of Ellen Willis through her pioneering rock music criticism. In the years that followed, Willis’s daring insights went beyond popular music, …
2014 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Shortlist

Citizen: An American Lyric
Claudia Rankine

Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty
Vikram Chandra

On Immunity: An Innoculation
Eula Biss
