{"product_id":"the-best-american-magazine-writing-the-american-society-of-magazine-9780231189996","title":"The Best American Magazine Writing 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a time of reckoning, this year's National Magazine Awards finalists and winners focus on abuse of power in many forms. Ronan Farrow's Pulitzer Prize-winning revelation of Harvey Weinstein's depredations (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), along with Rebecca Traister's charged commentary for \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e and Laurie Penny's incisive \u003ci\u003eLongreads\u003c\/i\u003e columns, speak to the urgency of the #MeToo moment. Ginger Thompson's reporting on the botched U.S. operation that triggered a cartel massacre in Mexico (\u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\/ProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e) and Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e investigation of the civilian casualties of drone strikes in Iraq amplify the voices of those harmed by U.S. actions abroad. And Alex Tizon's \"My Family's Slave\" (\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) is a powerful attempt to come to terms with the cruelty that was in plain sight in his own upbringing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eResponding to the overt racism of the Trump era, Ta-Nehisi Coates's \"My President Was Black\" (\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) looks back at the meaning of Obama. Howard Bryant (\u003ci\u003eESPN the Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) and Bim Adewunmi (\u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e) offer incisive columns on the intersections of pop culture, sports, race, and politics. In addition, David Wallace-Wells reveals the coming disaster of our climate-change-ravaged future (\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e); Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham's \u003ci\u003eESPN the Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e reporting exposes the seamy sides of the NFL; Nina Martin and Renee Montagne investigate America's shameful record on maternal mortality \u003ci\u003e(NPR\/ProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e); Ian Frazier asks \"What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?\" (\u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e); and Alex Mar considers \"Love in the Time of Robots\" (\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eEpic Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). The collection concludes with Kristen Roupenian's viral hit short story \"Cat Person\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e The American Society of Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231189990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231189996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.30d","brand":"The American Society of Magazine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47243970969855,"sku":"9780231189996","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fc2b0e32-81e5-44ea-bb61-6bbb7549a654.jpg?v=1758134618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-american-magazine-writing-the-american-society-of-magazine-9780231189996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}