The Best American Magazine Writing 2005

Informationen zum Autor Compiled by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Introduction by Nicholas Lemann Klappentext This compilation of award-winning articles by some of the most acclaimed writers in America celebrates excellence in a variety of genres: investigative reporting, features, profiles, and criticism, and essay-writing. Wide-ranging in style and in their subject matter, these pieces inform, surprise, entertain, and provide new perspectives on our world. Zusammenfassung This compilation of award-winning articles by some of the most acclaimed writers in America celebrates excellence in a variety of genres: investigative reporting! features! profiles! and criticism! and essay-writing. Wide-ranging in style and in their subject matter! these pieces inform! surprise! entertain! and provide new perspectives on our world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, by Nicholas Lemann Acknowledgments, by Mark Whitaker Permissions Home, by Chris Jones Stomping Grounds, by Paul Kvinta The Wronged Man, by Andrew Corsello Dying in Darfur, by Samantha Power Walking His Life Away, by Gary Smith Torture at Abu Ghraib, by Seymour M. Hersh Please Stand By While the Age of Miracles Is Briefly Suspended, by James McManus Innocence Lost, by Nina Martin The Man Who Loved Grizzlies, by Ned Zeman Times Regained, by Adam Gopnik Good Plan, Republicans. But It Didn't Work in Britain, by Jonathan Rauch American Communion, by David Kamp Modern Immaturity, by Jed Perl Was Darwin Wrong?, by David Quammen The Laptop Brigade, by James Wolcott The Gift, by Ian Parker Foaling Season, by Aryn Kyle List of Contributors 2005 National Magazine Award Finalists National Magazine Award Winners, 1966–2005 ASME Board of Directors, 2004–2005 ASME Mission Statement

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• Authors: The American Society Of Magazin Editors, Nicholas Lemann, The American Society of Magazine Editors
• Assisted by: American Society of Magazine Editors (Editor), The American Society Of Magazin Editors (Editor), The American Society Of Magazine Editors (Editor), Nicholas Lemann (Editor), The American Society of Magazine Editors (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2006
• EAN: 9780231137805
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13780-5
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Best American Magazine Writing; Best American Magazine Writing
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science