National Book Critics Circle Award

Hayek's Bastards Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right By Slobodian, Quinn

There's Always This Year On Basketball and Ascension By Abdurraqib, Hanif

Deadpan The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression By Post, Tina

Free Indirect

Girlhood Essays By Febos, Melissa

Marking Time Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration By Fleetwood, Nicole R.

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals By Hartman, Saidiya V.

Feel Free Essays By Smith, Zadie

You Play the Girl On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, and Other Mixed Messages By Chocano, Carina

White Rage The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide By Anderson, Carol