1997 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner and Nominees

Making Waves

Mario Vargas Llosa

Spanning thirty years of writing, Making Waves traces the development of Mario Vargas Llosa’s thinking on politics and culture, and shows the breadth of his interests and passions. Featured here are astute meditations on the Cuban Revolution, Latin America…

God and the American Writer

Alfred Kazin

The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Helen Vendler

The End of the Novel of Love

Vivian Gornick

The Pleasures of the Imagination

John Brewer