One-of-a-kind journalism prize, named in honor of the late Monthly book editor, honors exemplary nonfiction book reviewing that elucidates key issues of our times.
nonfiction
Posted inPolitical Animal
The 2021 Kukula Award Finalists
This first-of-its-kind prize honors the best nonfiction book reviewing in America and honors Kukula Kapoor Glastris, the magazine’s longtime and beloved books editor.
Posted inMarch 1988
Two Cheers for Tom Wolf
He vanquishes the vanities of the rich, but lacks the courage to say what he admires.
Posted inMagazine
Missed Moorings: American Novelists Lose Touch
Not long ago the winners of the American Book Awards for 1985 were announced: Don DeLillo’s White Noise in fiction and Anthony Lukas’s Common Ground in nonfiction. Thankfully for the purveyors of the awards, which have been controversial lately, it was a quiet year. Nobody much complained. Both books were by well-known, veteran authors, both were well received, neither wore […]
