内容简介
TheBestAmericanMagazineWriting2010provesthatprintjournalismisasvitalasever,offeringinformation,amusement,connection,andperspectivetothosewholovetolosethemselvesinagoodread.Thisyear'sselections,chosenfromNationalMagazineAwardsfinalistsandwinners,includeDavidGrann'sarticlefromtheNewYorkerontheexecutionofapossiblyinnocentman;SheriFink'sreportfromtheNewYorkTimesMagazineontheallegedeuthanizationofpatientsduringHurricaneKatrina;andFareedZakaria'scompellingtakefromNewsweekonIran'sweakeningregime.TheBestAmericanMagazineWriting2010alsoincludesabsorbingprofiles,arrestinginterviews,personalessays,andentrancingfiction.Esquire'sMikeSagerrecountsapromisingquarterback'sshockingdescentintodrugs;VanityFair'sBryanBurroughsharestheconfessionsoftheyear'sothermajorPonzischemer,and,fromMcSweeney'sQuarterly,WellsTowerweavesatransportingtaleofelementaldesire.GQ'sTomCarsonoffershiscritiqueofAmerica'scurrentvampirecraze;MitchAlbomrediscoversDetroit'sindomitablespiritinSportsIllustrated;andGarrisonKeillorsingsanodetothehomegrownjoysofstatefairsinNationalGeographic.AdditionalcontributorsincludeAtulGawande,MeganMcArdle,andmanyotherscommentingonarangeofissues,fromhealthcareandthenationaldebttowarmoviesandthecontroversyovercircumcision.Altogetherthewritingcollectedhereprovestherichpleasureswaitinginthebestmagazines.
作者简介
TheAmericanSocietyofMagazineEditorsistheprincipalorganizationformagazinejournalistsintheUnitedStates.ASMEsponsorstheNationalMagazineAwardsinassociationwiththeColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism.JonMeachamistheformereditorofNewsweek;heco-anchorsNeedtoKnowonPBS.Hislatestbook,AmericanLion:AndrewJacksonintheWhiteHouse,wasawardedthePulitzerPrize.MeachamisalsotheauthoroftwoadditionalNewYorkTimesbest-sellers:AmericanGospel:God,theFoundingFathers,andtheMakingofaNationandFranklinandWinston:AnIntimatePortraitofanEpicFriendship.,,,