The National Book Critics Circle Awards were presented yesterday, March 12th in New York City.  The winners, for books published in 2008, are:

Fiction: 2666 by Roberto Bolano (in stock $30)

Non-fiction: The Forever War by Dexter Filkins (in stock $25)

Biography: The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul by Patrick French (in stock $30)

Autobiography: My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar (available to order $25.95)

Poetry: Sleeping It Off in Rapid City by August Kleinzhaler (tie) (available to order; hardcover $26; paperback available 3/31 for $16)

Poetry: Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (with CD) by Juan Felipe Herrera (tie) (available to order $24.95)