Best American Magazine Writing 2010

Informationen zum Autor 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.Jon Meacham is the former editor of Newsweek ; he co-anchors Need to Know on PBS. His latest book, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House , was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Meacham is also the author of two additional New York Times best-sellers: American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation and Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship . Klappentext This year's selections have been chosen from among the finalists of the National Magazine Awards. Includes articles from "The New Yorker, New York Times Magazine," and "Esquire." Zusammenfassung This year's selections have been chosen from among the finalists of the National Magazine Awards. Includes articles from "The New Yorker! New York Times Magazine!" and "Esquire." Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, by Jon Meacham Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt The Deadly Choices at Memorial, by Sheri Fink Still Life, by Skip Hollandsworth Marc Dreier's Crime of Destiny, by Bryan Burrough The Last Abortion Doctor, by John H. Richardson The Cost Conundrum, by Atul Guwande A Death in Texas, by Tom Barry Vanish, by Evan Ratliff Out West, by Joe Wilkins Theocracy and Its Discontents, by Fareed Zakaria Lead Us Not Into Debt, by Megan McArdle Bacon: The Other White Heat, by Theodore Gray In Defense of Tourism, by Peter Jon Lindberg Excerpts from For and Against Foreskin, by Michael Idov, Christopher Bonanos, and Hanna Rosin There's a Sucker Born Every Minute, by Tom Carson War Games, by Steve Erickson Suburban Ghetto, by Jonathan Dee Obituary Columns: Danny La Rue, Benson, William Safire, by Ann Wroe Top Ten State Fair Joys, by Garrison Keillor The Man Who Never Was, by Mike Sager Trial by Fire, by David Grann Raw Water, by Wells Tower And Yet . . ., by Mitch Albom National Magazine Awards 2010 Finalists and Winners National Magazine Awards 2010 Judges ASME Board of Directors, 2010–2011 Permissions List of Contributors...

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• Authors: The American Society Of Magazin Editors, 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), The American Society of Magazine Editors (Editor), Meacham John (Introduction)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780231157537
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15753-7
• No. of pages: 520
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Columbia University Press; Best American Magazine Writing; Best American Magazine Writing
• Subjects: Education and learning; Fiction > Poetry, drama; USA, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Reportage & collected journalism, United States of America, USA, Reportage, journalism or collected columns