The National Book Critics Circle Award

We Do Not Part
Empire of AI
A Perfect Turmoil
Mother Mary Comes to Me
Night Watch
Hayek's Bastards
Baldwin
Sad Tiger

Critical Notes

By Michael Schaub

Members and friends, registration is now open for the NBCC virtual panel The Interview as Literary Criticism on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at 7 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Pacific! The panel

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Anyang Kual Ayai

Emerging Critics

Anyang Kual Ayai

Anyang Kual Ayai (she/her) is a South Sudanese American writer raised between Ni...Read More

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