Literary Awards

The Second Annual Boston Book Review Literary Prizes (1996) The Bingham Poetry Prize Judged by poet Sharon Olds, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Lamont Poetry selection. Mark Doty, Atlantis The Fisk Fiction Prize Judged by Thom Jones, author of the much-acclaimed The Pugilist at Rest and Cold Snap. Joyce Carol Oates, Zombie The Rea Non-Fiction Prize Judged by Gerald Early, last year's non-fiction National Book Critics Circle winner for The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Prizefighting, Literature and Modern American Culture. Dennis Covington, Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia &copy1996. Boston Book Review. All rights reserved.

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