Books : The Best American Magazine Writing 2004 (Best American Magazine Writing)
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by: American Society Of Magazine Editors
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.508
EAN: 9780060749538
ISBN: 0060749539
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: September 01, 2004
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: September 07, 2004
Sales Rank: 584527
Studio: Harper Perennial
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Product Description:
In the magazine world, no recognition is more highly coveted than an 'Ellie,' presentedby the American Society of Magazine Editors. Selected from thousands of submissions, the pieces in this anthology represent the very best of those -- outstanding works by some of the most eminent writers in America:
Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit) on living and creating with chronic fatigue syndrome
Dave Eggers (A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius) on love and surfing
Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down) on modern torture and the 'landscape of persuasion'
Seymour M. Hersh (Chain of Command) on the 'selective intelligence' used by the White House to justify the war in Iraq
Calvin Trillin (The Tummy Trilogy) on his favorite force of nature, the newsman R. W. Apple, Jr.
Tucker Carlson (CNN's Crossfire), the 'whitest man in America,' on a peace mission with Rev. Al Sharpton
And many more!
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Rating: - And the Winner Is
The Best American Magzine Writing series is edited in 2004 by Susan Orlean, who wrote "The Orchid Thief," which became the movie, "Adaptation, " in which Orlean is played by Meryl Streep. This incredibly bright writer, who came to the New Yorker from an Oregon weekly, has a masterful eye for great writing. Much the way a top museum curator chooses what to add to a collection, editors choose not only what they love for "prize collections" like these, but they, at their best, try to cull a representative ... Read More
Rating: - Writers and Readers...read this book!
The introduction alone was reason enough for me to buy this book; it was written by Susan Orlean, one of my favorite writers. I also own the 2002 Best Magazine Writing, which I wholeheartedly recommend (be sure to read "Dr. Daedalus" by Lauren Slater).
This new edition did not disappoint me. I was especially moved by the essay, "The Falling Man" by Tom Junod, which attempts to unveil the mystery behind a man who jumped from the World Trade Center after it began to crumble.
Another ... Read More
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