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The National Book Critics Circle Awards presented its annual awards. Each year, they award prizes to books in five categories: Biography and Autobiography, Anne Fadiman won in General Nonfiction for her book “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall…

This program featured readings by nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Awards. The National Book Critics Circle is a 25-year-old organization, comprised of some 600 book critics and book review editors. The nominees appearing at this event included: Joseph Ellis for “American Sphinx: The Character of…

National Book Critics Circle sponsored a forum that discussed the procedures and philosophy behind the granting of literary prizes. They examined how prizes should be awarded and judged and…

Panelists discussed the differences between book reviews and literary criticism. They examined such issues as academic vs. popular reviewing and whether there has been a decline in true…