The Best American Magazine Writing 2018 / The American Society of Magazine Editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

American Society of Magazine Editors, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Awards--United States.

Awards.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (524 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 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 (New Yorker), along with Rebecca Traister's charged commentary for New York and Laurie Penny's incisive Longreads 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 (National Geographic/ProPublica) and Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal's New York Times Magazine 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" (Atlantic) is a powerful attempt to come to terms with the cruelty that was in plain sight in his own upbringing.Responding to the overt racism of the Trump era, Ta-Nehisi Coates's "My President Was Black" (Atlantic) looks back at the meaning of Obama. Howard Bryant (ESPN the Magazine) and Bim Adewunmi (Buzzfeed) 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 (New York); Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham's ESPN the Magazine reporting exposes the seamy sides of the NFL; Nina Martin and Renee Montagne investigate America's shameful record on maternal mortality (NPR/ProPublica); Ian Frazier asks "What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?" (Smithsonian); and Alex Mar considers "Love in the Time of Robots" (Wired with Epic Magazine). The collection concludes with Kristen Roupenian's viral hit short story "Cat Person" (New Yorker).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Abuses of Power and Weighing the Costs of Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies

Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual- Harassment Allegations Didn't Come Out Until Now and Your Reckoning. And Mine. and This Moment Isn't (Just) About Sex. It's Really About Work

The Horizon of Desire and We're All Mad Here: Weinstein, Women, and the Language of Lunacy and The Unforgiving Minute

The Last Person You'd Expect to Die in Childbirth

The Uncounted

How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico

What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?

The Uninhabitable Earth

My President Was Black

Standing Down and Roger Goodell Has a Jerry Jones Problem

How the Oscar Flub Demonstrates the Limits of Black Graciousness and How Oprah Got Her Acting Groove Back and Maria Sharapova's Rivalry With Serena Williams Is in Her Head

The Williams Movement and Power Play and How Is This Still a Debate?

Lola's Story

Love in the Time of Robots

Cat Person

Permissions

Contributors

Notes:

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780231548656

0231548656

OCLC:

1083596832