{"product_id":"the-best-american-magazine-writing-9780231181556","title":"The Best American Magazine Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis year's \u003ci\u003eBest American Magazine Writing\u003c\/i\u003e features outstanding writing on contentious issues including incarceration, policing, sexual assault, labor, technology, and environmental catastrophe. Selections include Paul Ford's ambitious \"What Is Code?\" (\u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e), an innovative explanation of how programming works, and \"The Really Big One,\" by Kathryn Schulz (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), which exposes just how unprepared the Pacific Northwest is for a major earthquake. Joining them are Meaghan Winter's exposé of crisis pregnancy centers (\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e) and a chilling story of police prejudice that allowed a serial rapist to run free (the Marshall Project in partnership with \u003ci\u003eProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e). Also included is Shane Smith's interview with Barack Obama about mass incarceration (\u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOther selections demonstrate a range of long-form styles and topics across print and digital publications. The imprisoned hacker and activist Barrett Brown pens hilarious dispatches from behind bars, including a scathing review of Jonathan Franzen's fiction (\u003ci\u003eThe Intercept\u003c\/i\u003e). \"The New American Slavery\" (\u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e) documents the pervasive exploitation of guest workers, and Luke Mogelson explores the purgatorial fate of an undocumented man sent back to Honduras (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). Joshua Hammer harrowingly portrays Sierra Leone's worst Ebola ward as even the staff succumb to the disease (\u003ci\u003eMatter\u003c\/i\u003e). And in \"The Friend,\" Matthew Teague's wife is afflicted with cancer, his friend moves in, and the result is a devastating narrative of relationships and death (\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e). The collection concludes with Jenny Zhang's \"How It Feels,\" an unconventional meditation on the intersection of teenage cruelty and art (\u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2340535\"\u003eSid Holt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231181556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231181558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LAN\"\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LAN008000\"\u003eJournalism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSid Holt is chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a former editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAdweek\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoger Hodge is the national editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Intercept\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mendacity of Hope: Presidential Power, Corporate Money, and the Politics of Corrupt Influence\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). Formerly he was editor of the\u003ci\u003e Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Hodge's writings have appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. He is writing a book about life in the West Texas borderlands.","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44686360215789,"sku":"9780231181556","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_5676b05b-f9ef-4b56-8e75-3d461616e6cd.jpg?v=1703641705","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-best-american-magazine-writing-9780231181556","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}