2010 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner
![Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580982678-3836-image-3.jpg)
Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West
Clare Cavanagh
Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics explores the intersection of poetry, national life, and national identity in Poland and Russia, from 1917 to the present. As a corrective to recent trends in criticism, acclaimed translator and critic Clare Cavanagh demonst…
2010 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Shortlist
![The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581030296-6337-image-3.jpg)
The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence
Susie Linfield
![The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580969513-2785-image-3.jpg)
The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
Elif Batuman
![The Professor and Other Writings](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580968761-2723-image-3.jpg)
The Professor and Other Writings
Terry Castle
![Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580943860-60458-image-3.jpg)