The Best American Magazine Writing 2007 |
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| Editors, The American Society of Magazine |
| Series title: | Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-14391-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2007 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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This year's selection includes William Langewiesche's probing investigation in
Vanity Fair of the slaughter of twenty-four Iraqis in Haditha; C. J. Chivers's chilling account in
Esquire of the 2004 hostage crisis in Beslan, which killed 331 people, 186 of them children; Susan Casey's revelation in
Best Life of a virtually unknown, Texas-sized garbage dump resting at the bottom of the Pacific ocean; and Andrew Corsello's harrowing portrait in
GQ of Robert...
More DescriptionThis year's selection includes William Langewiesche's probing investigation in Vanity Fair of the slaughter of twenty-four Iraqis in Haditha; C. J. Chivers's chilling account in Esquire of the 2004 hostage crisis in Beslan, which killed 331 people, 186 of them children; Susan Casey's revelation in Best Life of a virtually unknown, Texas-sized garbage dump resting at the bottom of the Pacific ocean; and Andrew Corsello's harrowing portrait in GQ of Robert Mugabe's mad rule and two men-a white farmer and a fiery black priest-who strive for forgiveness instead of hate.
The collection also includes Vanessa Grigoriadis's hilarious portrait of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in New York Magazine; Christopher Hitchens's profile of survivors of Agent Orange in Vanity Fair; Sandra Tsing Loh's coverage of the stay-at-home-mommy debate in the Atlantic Monthly; Paul Theroux's thoughts on the dangers of anthropomorphism and our misconceptions about birds in the Smithsonian; Janet Reitman's unraveling of the mysteries of Scientology in Rolling Stone; and the work of nine other exceptional writers.