JCO a Finalist for Two NBCC Awards
January 12, 2008 by Randy Souther
The National Book Critics Circle announced their 2007 award finalists, and Joyce Carol Oates’s works are named in two categories: The Gravedigger’s Daughter for the fiction award, and The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982 for the autobiography award. The winners will be announced on March 6. JCO last had an NBCC award finalist in 1992 with Black Water, which was also a finalist for the Pulitzer prize.
I read “Black Water” and found it very intensive, showing how a politician takes advantage of those around him who believe in him, and damaging a young woman.
I hope that Joyce Carol Oates will win the NBCC Award with one of her works this year.