1989 National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry Winner
![Transparent Gestures](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580951950-1336-image-3.jpg)
Transparent Gestures
Rodney Jones
On receiving the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1990 for his third book, Transparent Gestures, Rodney Jones was hailed as “a brand-new world-class poet.” This collection of poems, rich in irony, sensuousness, and pleasure, reveals his robust, humoro…
1989 National Book Critics Circle Award – Poetry Shortlist
![Earthquake Weather](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-image-1-image-3.jpg)
Earthquake Weather
August Kleinzahler
![Human Wishes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581009496-4623-image-3.jpg)
Human Wishes
Robert Hass
![Pyramid of Bone](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580968265-2682-image-3.jpg)
Pyramid of Bone
Thylias Moss
![Water Walker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580942127-60315-image-3.jpg)