{"product_id":"the-best-american-magazine-writing-2017-9780231181594","title":"The Best American Magazine Writing 2017","description":"With the work of reporters under fire worldwide, this year's anthology of National Magazine Award finalists and winners is a timely reminder of the power of journalism. The pieces included here explore the fault lines in American society. Shane Bauer's visceral \"My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard\" (\u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e) and Sarah Stillman's depiction of the havoc wreaked on young people's lives when they are put on sex-offender registries (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) examine controversial criminal-justice practices. And responses to the shocks of the recent election include Matt Taibbi's irreverent dispatches from the campaign trail (\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e), George Saunders's transfixing account of Trump's rallies (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), and Andrew Sullivan's fears for the future of democracy (\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In other considerations of the political scene, Jeffrey Goldberg talks through Obama's foreign-policy legacy with the former president (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e), and Gabriel Sherman analyzes how Roger Ailes's fall sheds light on conservative media (\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e). Linking personal stories to the course of history, Nikole Hannah-Jones looks for a school for her daughter in a rapidly changing, racially divided Brooklyn (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), and Pamela Colloff explores how the 1966 University of Texas Tower mass shooting changed the course of one survivor's life (\u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e). A selection of Rebecca Solnit's \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e commentary ranges from a writer on death row to the isolation at the heart of conservatism. Becca Rothfeld ponders women waiting on love from the \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e to Tinder (\u003ci\u003eHedgehog Review\u003c\/i\u003e). Siddhartha Mukherjee depicts the art and agony of oncology (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). David Quammen ventures to Yellowstone to consider the future of wild places (\u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e), and Mac McClelland follows a deranged expedition to Cuba in search of the ivory-billed woodpecker (\u003ci\u003eAudubon\u003c\/i\u003e). The collection concludes with Zandria Robinson's eloquent portrait of her father as reflected in the music he loved (\u003ci\u003eOxford American\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sid Holt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231181594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSid Holt is chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a former editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdweek\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicholas Thompson was named editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eWired \u003c\/i\u003ein 2017. Before joining\u003ci\u003e Wired\u003c\/i\u003e, Thompson served as editor of \u003ci\u003eNewYorker.com\u003c\/i\u003e from 2012 to 2017. His 2009 book, \u003ci\u003eThe Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e, was published to critical acclaim. Thompson is also a contributor for CBS News and a cofounder of \u003ci\u003eThe Atavist\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Magazine Award-winning digital publication.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39943709786227,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_99ab5ba4-c93c-4f2d-80a7-1e1792b6c11f.jpg?v=1648213993","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-best-american-magazine-writing-2017-9780231181594","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}