2017 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner

You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Trainwrecks, & Other Mixed Messages
Carina Chocano
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY “If Hollywood’s treatment of women leaves you wanting, you’ll find good, heady company in You Play the Girl.”—ELLE A…
2017 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Shortlist

Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood and History
Camille T. Dungy

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
Valeria Luiselli

The Art of Death: Writing the Final Story
Edwidge Danticat
