congratulations, cynthia cruz and. thank you so much. i know cynthia.he could be here but is living berlin. she says that she wanted to express her gratitude to the national book critics circle for nominating hotel oblivion and that she's honored and humbled to be included among the luminous writers. this prize before her. thank you very much. have a great. good evening. i'm j. howard rozier here to announce winner of the national book critics circle award and and what a wonderful of finalists they are. rachel aviv four strangers to ourselves from farrar straus and grow. timothy buse free and direct from columbia. peter brooks first seduced by story from new review books. margo jefferson for constructing a nervous system from pantheon pantheon. and alia tribute goes around for when women kill translate it by sophie hughes from coffeehouse press press. and the winner is timothy buse for free and direct. i'm sorry i missed you on duty. i would just tell you compare. read the citation. bu's groundbreaking work interrogates the boundary, the eroding boundar