2011 National Book Critics Circle Award – Criticism Winner and Nominees

Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews

Geoff Dyer

*Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism* *A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice* *A New York Times Top 10 Nonfiction Book of the Year, as selected by Dwight Garner* Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on both…

Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything

David Bellos

Karaoke Culture

Dubravka Ugresic

Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music

Ellen Willis

The Ecstasy of Influence

Jonathan Lethem