Best American Magazine Writing: 2012
Author(s): The American Society of Magazine Editors
Chosen from the 2012 National Magazine Awards finalists and winners, this anthology is filled with compelling features and profiles, eye-opening reporting, and incisive criticism and analysis of contemporary culture and society. Written by today's leading journalists, the selections cover a range of developments in politics, international affairs, culture, and business -- from the increasingly short shelf lives of celebrity marriages to the ongoing fallout from Wall Street's financial malpractice, from the insidious effects of the lingering wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the resurgent battle over issues pertaining to women's safety and health. Always engaging and informative, Best American Magazine Writing 2012 is an incomparable resource for the most noteworthy journalism and literary achievements of the year.
Essays include Lawrence Wright ( The New Yorker) on the history of Scientology and recent challenges to its mission and methods; Matthieu Aikins ( The Atlantic) on the shady dealings and shifting sands of the war in Afghanistan; the late Christopher Hitchens ( Vanity Fair) on the physical and emotional toll of cancer; and Joel Stein ( Time) on the propensity for politicians and other popular figures to get into trouble on the Internet. John Jeremiah Sullivan ( GQ) immerses himself in David Foster Wallace's curious legacy; Tim Crothers ( ESPN) follows the inspiring story of Phiona Mutesi, a chess prodigy from the slums of Uganda; Chris Ballard ( Sports Illustrated) recounts Dewayne Dedmon's struggle to reconcile his faith with a career in sports; Wesley Yang ( New York) explores the pressure on Asian Americans to succeed and the psychological and cultural consequences when they don't; and Luke Dittrich ( Esquire) shares the raw experiences of those who survived one of 2011's worst natural disasters: the tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri.
The sparkling dialogue and vividly imagined, eccentric characters of Karen Russell's award-winning short story, "The Hox River Window" ( Zoetrope: All-Story), rounds out the collection.
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The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for magazine journalists in the United States. ASME sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Sid Holt is chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors and the former editor in chief of Adweek Magazines. During his seven years as managing editor of Rolling Stone, the magazine was nominated for four and won one National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Terry McDonell began his career in magazines in the mid-1970s in San Francisco. He was the launch editor of Outside and Rocky Mountain magazines before joining Rolling Stone as managing editor in 1981. He was also editor-in-chief of Esquire from 1990 to 1993, Sports Afield from 1993 to 1996, and Men's Journal from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he oversaw the relaunch of Us magazine as a weekly; appointed managing editor of Sports Illustrated in 2002, he became editor of the Time Inc. Sports Group in 2005.
Introduction, by Terry McDonell, editor, Time Inc. Sports GroupAcknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine EditorsJoplin!, by Luke DittrichThe Apostate, by Lawrence WrightExcerpts from The Encyclopedia of 9/11, by New York MagazineWall Street Isn't Winning--It's Cheating and Mike Bloomberg's Marie Antoinette Moment and How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests, by Matt TaibbiToo Much Information, by John Jeremiah SullivanOur Man in Kandahar, by Matthieu AikinsArms and the Dudes, by Guy LawsonThe Invisible Army, by Sarah StillmanThe Secret That Kills Four Women a Day, by Liz BrodyThe Signature Wound, by Bob DruryFractured, by Susan InceDewayne Dedmon's Leap of Faith, by Chris BallardPaper Tigers, by Wesley YangGame of Her Life, by Tim CrothersEasy Money, by Jonah LehrerHe Is Anonymous, by Tim RogersLooking for a Model and The Right to Write and Content Management, by William ZinsserDuck Tape and America's Next Top Weiner and The End of Kardaschadenfreude, by Joel SteinThe Hox River Window, by Karen RussellWhen the King Saved God and From Abbottabad to Worse and Unspoken Truths, by Christopher HitchensNational Magazine Awards 2012 Finalists and WinnersNational Magazine Awards for Digital Media 2012 Finalists and Winners National Magazine Awards 2012 JudgesASME Board of Directors, 2011--12PermissionsList of Contributors
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- : Columbia University Press
- : Columbia University Press
- : 0.454
- : 30 November 2012
- : 203mm X 133mm
- : United States
- : 01 December 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : The American Society of Magazine Editors
- : Paperback
- : 818.608
- : 520