| The Best American Magazine Writing 2007 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Editors, The American Society of Magazin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0231143915 ISBN-13: 9780231143912 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: Annually, members of the American Society of Magazine Editors select the years most dynamic, original, provocative, and influential magazine stories. The winning and finalist pieces in this anthology represent outstanding work by some of the most eminent writers in America as well as rising talents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism |
| Dewey: 814.508 |
| Series: Best American Magazine Writing |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.34" W x 7.94" (1.17 lbs) 520 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This year's selection includes William Langewiesche's probing investigation in Vanity Fair of the slaughter of twenty-four Iraqis in Haditha; C. J. Chivers's chilling account in Esquire of the 2004 hostage crisis in Beslan, which killed 331 people, 186 of them children; Susan Casey's revelation in Best Life of a virtually unknown, Texas-sized garbage dump resting at the bottom of the Pacific ocean; and Andrew Corsello's harrowing portrait in GQ of Robert Mugabe's mad rule and two men-a white farmer and a fiery black priest-who strive for forgiveness instead of hate. The collection also includes Vanessa Grigoriadis's hilarious portrait of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in New York Magazine; Christopher Hitchens's profile of survivors of Agent Orange in Vanity Fair; Sandra Tsing Loh's coverage of the stay-at-home-mommy debate in the Atlantic Monthly; Paul Theroux's thoughts on the dangers of anthropomorphism and our misconceptions about birds in the Smithsonian; Janet Reitman's unraveling of the mysteries of Scientology in Rolling Stone; and the work of nine other exceptional writers. |