The Best American Magazine Writing 2008 is an essential guide to the year's most entertaining, politically charged, and sophisticated essays and fiction, offering a rare opportunity to experience in a single volume the top work of veteran reporters, critically acclaimed writers, and up-and-coming journalists. Only in this annual anthology will you find the best of the finalists for the 2008 National Magazine Awards, which include a critique of the Bush administration, a takedown of snark culture, personal reflections on child abuse accompanied by a profile of Hollywood's biggest villain, and…mehr
The Best American Magazine Writing 2008 is an essential guide to the year's most entertaining, politically charged, and sophisticated essays and fiction, offering a rare opportunity to experience in a single volume the top work of veteran reporters, critically acclaimed writers, and up-and-coming journalists. Only in this annual anthology will you find the best of the finalists for the 2008 National Magazine Awards, which include a critique of the Bush administration, a takedown of snark culture, personal reflections on child abuse accompanied by a profile of Hollywood's biggest villain, and an exposé of America's backbreaking coal mines, along with Alice Munro's ( Harper's Magazine) and David Foster Wallace's ( New Yorker) most recent short stories. Other 2008 award finalists are: Peter Hessler's tour of China's instant cities ( National Geographic); Jane Mayer's peek inside the CIA's secret interrogation program ( New Yorker); William Langewiesche's account of gangland's hold on São Paolo ( Vanity Fair); Paige Williams's story of one girl's escape from Burundi ( Atlanta Magazine); Steve Oney's probing investigation into the unforeseen casualties of the Iraq War ( Los Angeles Magazine); Kurt Andersen's incisive commentary on American greed ( New York Magazine); Matt Taibbi's profile of Barack Obama ( Rolling Stone); Caitlin Flannagan's feminist perspective on the abortion debate ( The Atlantic); and Tom Carson's nostalgic lament for the leading men of old Hollywood ( GQ). Fiction finalists include Daniel Mason's "Death of the Puglist" ( Harper's Magazine); Steven Millhauser's "A Report on Our Recent Troubles" ( Harper's Magazine); Antonya Nelson's "Or Else" ( New Yorker); Uzodinma Iweala's "Speak No Evil" ( Paris Review); Alistair Morgan's "Icebergs" ( Paris Review); Andrew Malan Millward's "The Burning of Lawrence" ( Zoetrope: All-Story); and Fiona McFarlane's "Those Americans Falling from the Sky" ( Zoetrope: All-Story).Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is a nonprofit professional organization for editors of print and online magazines edited, published, and distributed in the United States. Established in 1963, ASME currently has around 900 members nationwide and, in association with the Columbia School of Journalism, sponsors the National Magazine Awards. Jacob Weisberg is editor in chief of the Slate Group. He has written for the New Republic, Newsweek, New York magazine, and Vanity Fair, and is the author of several books, including, most recently, The Bush Tragedy.
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Contents Introduction Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief, Slate Acknowledgments Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief, Glamour and Immediate Past President of ASME1. Everybody Sucks Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Finalist—Feature Writing2. China's Instant Cities Peter Hessler National Geographic Winner—Reporting3. Present at the Creation Matthew Scully The Atlantic Finalist—Profile Writing4. The Black Sites Jane Mayer The New Yorker Finalist—Reporting5. Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington Joshua Kors The Nation Winner—Public Interest6. City of Fear William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Finalist—Reporting7. "You Have Thousands of Angels Around You" Paige Williams Atlanta Winner—Feature Writing8. Obama's Moment Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone Winner—Columns and Commentary9. Out in the Cold Mike Kessler 5280: Denver's Mile-High Magazine Finalist—Public Interest10. Brouhahaha Hendrik Hertzberg The New Yorker Finalist—Columns and Commentary11. Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood Evan Wright Vanity Fair Winner—Profile Writing12. The Autumn of the Multitaskers Walter Kirn The Atlantic Finalist—Essays13. Betrayed George Packer The New Yorker Finalist—Public Interest14. Babes in the Woods Caitlin Flanagan The Atlantic Winner—Reviews and Criticism15. Underworld Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Finalist—Feature Writing16. I Am Joe's Prostate Thomas E. Kennedy New Letters Winner—Essays17. American Roulette Kurt Andersen New York Finalist—Columns and Commentary18. Casualties of War Steve Oney Los Angeles Finalist—Profile Writing19. So Many Men's Rooms, So Little Time Christopher Hitchens Slate Finalist—Columns and Commentary20. Don't Cry For Me, Iwo Jima Tom Carson GQ Finalist—Reviews and Criticism2008 National Magazine Award Finalists Judges, 2008 National Magazine Award Winners, 1966–2008 ASME Board of Directors, 2007–2008 Permissions List of Contributors
Contents Introduction Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief, Slate Acknowledgments Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief, Glamour and Immediate Past President of ASME1. Everybody Sucks Vanessa Grigoriadis New York Finalist—Feature Writing2. China's Instant Cities Peter Hessler National Geographic Winner—Reporting3. Present at the Creation Matthew Scully The Atlantic Finalist—Profile Writing4. The Black Sites Jane Mayer The New Yorker Finalist—Reporting5. Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington Joshua Kors The Nation Winner—Public Interest6. City of Fear William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Finalist—Reporting7. "You Have Thousands of Angels Around You" Paige Williams Atlanta Winner—Feature Writing8. Obama's Moment Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone Winner—Columns and Commentary9. Out in the Cold Mike Kessler 5280: Denver's Mile-High Magazine Finalist—Public Interest10. Brouhahaha Hendrik Hertzberg The New Yorker Finalist—Columns and Commentary11. Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood Evan Wright Vanity Fair Winner—Profile Writing12. The Autumn of the Multitaskers Walter Kirn The Atlantic Finalist—Essays13. Betrayed George Packer The New Yorker Finalist—Public Interest14. Babes in the Woods Caitlin Flanagan The Atlantic Winner—Reviews and Criticism15. Underworld Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ Finalist—Feature Writing16. I Am Joe's Prostate Thomas E. Kennedy New Letters Winner—Essays17. American Roulette Kurt Andersen New York Finalist—Columns and Commentary18. Casualties of War Steve Oney Los Angeles Finalist—Profile Writing19. So Many Men's Rooms, So Little Time Christopher Hitchens Slate Finalist—Columns and Commentary20. Don't Cry For Me, Iwo Jima Tom Carson GQ Finalist—Reviews and Criticism2008 National Magazine Award Finalists Judges, 2008 National Magazine Award Winners, 1966–2008 ASME Board of Directors, 2007–2008 Permissions List of Contributors
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