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On Saturday, January 12, the board of the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its 2019 awards in six categories: Autobiography, Biography, Criticism, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. The winners will be announced at a celebration on March 12 in New York. In addition, the recipients of three annual honors, the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, and the John Leonard Award for Best First Book were announced.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye<\/strong><\/a> has been awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. <\/span><\/span><\/span>The Yellow House<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span> <\/em>(Grove Press) by Sarah M. Broom, alumnus of the University of North Texas, has been awarded the John Leonard Award for Best First Book. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Go Ahead in the Rain<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span> <\/em>(University of Texas Press), by Hanif Abdurraqib, is nominated in Criticism. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here is the full list of 2019 nominees and special award winners:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Autobiography<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother\u2019s Disappearance<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> as a Child by Laura Cumming (Scribner)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Ronan Farrow (Little, Brown)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman (W. W. Norton)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Mira Jacob (One World)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Know My Name: A Memoir<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Chanel Miller (Viking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biography<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Gods of the Upper Air: How A Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Charles King (Doubleday)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Josh Levin (Little, Brown)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFemale Byron\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Lucasta Miller (Knopf)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by George Packer (Knopf)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Sonia Purnell (Viking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Criticism<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Go Ahead in the Rain<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Hanif Abdurraqib (University of Texas Press<\/strong>)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Essays One<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Lydia Davis (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Saidiya Hartman (W.W. Norton)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Peter Schjeldahl (Abrams)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Axiomatic<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Maria Tumarkin (Transit Books)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Everything Inside<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Edwidge Danticat (Knopf)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Feast Your Eyes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em> by Myla Goldberg (Scribner)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Topeka School<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>