This year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards will be announced March 11. The finalists have been named in the categories of fiction, autobiography, biography, critcism, poetry and general non-fiction. Some highlights include Man Booker winner Wolf Hall, biographies of John Cheever and Flannery O’Connor, and surprise National Book Award nominee American Salvage getting another nod. The criticism category is superb this year; it includes Morris Dickstein’s history of culture in the Great Depression, a collection of essays by David Hajdu, and a fascinating history of recorded music by Greg Milner.
To see all nominees, check out the official announcement: http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national_book_critics_circle_announces_finalists_january_23_2010/