{"id":2424,"date":"2012-01-23T09:31:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T14:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:10:57","slug":"2011-national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/23\/2011-national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2012\/01\/2011-national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-announced.html\"><img src='http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/0982338295.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Teju Cole<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0812980093\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Open City<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2012\/01\/who-needs-plot-teju-coles-open-city.html\">our review<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/book\/29908\/open-city-by-teju-cole#excerpt\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeffrey Eugenides<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0374203059\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Marriage Plot<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/10\/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-write-the-marriage-plot.html\">How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Write <em>The Marriage Plot<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/10\/wanting-it-bad-the-marriage-plot-by-jeffrey-eugenides.html\">our review<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/media.us.macmillan.com\/excerpts\/9780374203054EX.pdf\">excerpt<\/a> [pdf])<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alan Hollinghurst<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0307272761\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Stranger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Child<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/10\/the-impermanence-of-memory-alan-hollinghursts-the-strangers-child.html\">our review<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/11\/the-millions-interview-alan-hollinghurst-answers-his-critics.html\"><em>The Millions<\/em> Interview: Alan Hollinghurst Answers his Critics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/book\/81879\/the-strangers-child-by-alan-hollinghurst#excerpt\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edith Pearlman<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0982338295\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Binocular Vision<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lookout.org\/binoexcerpts.html\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dana Spiotta<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1451617968\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Stone Arabia<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2011\/09\/rock-n-roll-malaise-dana-spiottas-stone-arabia.html\">our review<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/books.simonandschuster.com\/Stone-Arabia\/Dana-Spiotta\/9781451617962\/browse_inside\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nonfiction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amanda Foreman<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/037550494X\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">A World on Fire: Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Crucial Role in the American Civil War<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=1DLNOrAuvm0C&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>James Gleick<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375423729\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood<\/a><\/em> (<strong>Ben Marcus<\/strong> on <em>The Information<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/20\/books\/review\/excerpt-the-information-by-james-gleick.html?pagewanted=all\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adam Hochschild<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0618758283\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/15\/books\/review\/excerpt-to-end-all-wars-by-adam-hochschild.html?pagewanted=all\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maya Jasanoff<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1400041686\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Liberty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary War<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=84rJ77ALstEC&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">excerpt<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Jeremiah Sullivan<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0374532907\/ref=nosim\/themillions-20\">Pulphead<\/a><\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2012\/01\/staff-pick-john-jeremiah-sullivans-pulphead.html\">Staff Pick<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/media.us.macmillan.com\/excerpts\/9780374532901EX.pdf\">excerpt<\/a> [pdf])<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2012\/01\/2011-national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-announced.html\">2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced (via <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2012\/01\/2011-national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-announced.html\">The Millions)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced: Fiction Teju Cole, Open City (our review, excerpt) Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot (How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Write The Marriage Plot, our review, excerpt [pdf]) Alan Hollinghurst, The Stranger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Child (our review, The Millions Interview: Alan Hollinghurst Answers his Critics, excerpt) Edith Pearlman, Binocular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/23\/2011-national-book-critics-circle-award-finalists-announced\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2011 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced<\/span> <span 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