Critics choose the best poetry of 2004

from the National Book Critics Circle:
“National Book Critics Circle chooses awards nominees;
Winners to be announced on March 18”
“The nominees for the National Book Critics Circle awards for the publishing year 2004 in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, biography/autobiography, criticism, and poetry have been selected. The winners will be announced this March at the organization’s 31st annual awards ceremony.... Friday, March 18, at the auditorium of the New School, 66 West 12 Street, at 6 pm. The event is free and open to the public. A gala follows directly at the New School and costs $40. Nominees will read from their works at an event held Thursday, March 17, also at the New School’s auditorium, at 6 pm. This is also free and open to the public.

“The National Book Critics Circle is a not-for-profit organization of book editors and critics with some 600 members nationwide. The organization was founded in 1974 to encourage and raise the quality of book criticism in all media and to create a way for critics to communicate with one another about their professional concerns.”

Here are the nominees, with links to buy the books online.

Related resources:
Our Poetry Store
Our list of the best poetry books of 2004