A selection of essays from these collections entitled Otherwise Known as the Human Condition won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, then in 2020, Out of Sheer Rage was listed by Slate as one of the 50 greatest nonfiction works of the past 25 years.
In 2019, Out of Sheer Rage was listed by Slate as one of the 50 greatest nonfiction works of the past 25 years. 
