1998 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner
![Visions of Jazz: The First Century](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580943266-60409-image-3.jpg)
Visions of Jazz: The First Century
Gary Giddins
An outstanding voice in the field, the jazz critic for The Village Voice leads readers through the first century of the music in a voluminous, expert account of the great jazz artists past and present and their distinctive contributions. UP….
1998 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Shortlist
![Hip Hop America](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581011324-4774-image-3.jpg)
Hip Hop America
Nelson George
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Out of Sheer Rage
Geoff Dyer
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
Harold Bloom
![The Sounds of Poetry](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580958321-1862-image-3.jpg)