Achievement award to Toni Morrison and announcement of winners in several categories including general nonfiction awarded to David Ryan Davis author of the Nonfiction Book the problem of slavery in the age of emancipation. [applause] thanks louise and good evening to all of you. Its my pleasure to welcome you here tonight to the book Critics Award ceremony for the publishing year 2014. Where id have you join us this evening is now the most outstanding work of the past year in six categories, fiction and nonfiction biography poetry autobiography and criticism. Like i said in a gratitude to the others whove joined us here tonight as well as the editors editors publishers agents and publicists to help bring their work her attention to the National Book critics circle awards were founded in 1974 out of a conversation that took place at the out walk when hotel by grupo critters who want to establish a set of awards granted given by critics and sell them like other Literary Works are books t
and saying that blacks were in revolt. and the next morning between 600 and 1,000 men, white men, pour into phillips county to begin shooting down blacks. and on american history tv on c-span3, sunday at 5:00 pm, former student bruce lindsey on integration and north little rock high school. as if they know what s going to happen. we don t know what s going to happen. we don t realize what s going to happen. because the crowd is with us. the momentum is with us. and they are pushing us up the steps. she s stories and other content on c-span2 and 3. and now booktv presents the 2012 national book critic circle awards from the new school in new york city. the awards are presented annually by the nation s critics in six categories, nonfiction, autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, and poetry. this year s award ceremony also includes the presentation of the ivan sandroff award for lifetime achievement to robert silvers editor of the new york books. this is just ov