Forrest Gander, the Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Literary Arts and Comparative Literature, has been named a National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) 2011 finalist. He was nominated in the poetry category for his book Core Samples from the World. The NBCC Awards are unique in that they are chosen by the critics themselves, seeking every year to “honor the best literature published in English” as well as to “foster a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature.” The winners will be announced at a ceremony on March 8. 

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