{"product_id":"best-american-magazine-writing-2018","title":"Best American Magazine Writing 2018","description":"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 (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), along with Rebecca Traister’s charged commentary for \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e and Laurie Penny’s incisive \u003ci\u003eLongreads\u003c\/i\u003e 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 (\u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\/ProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e) and Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal’s \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 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” (\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) is a powerful attempt to come to terms with the cruelty that was in plain sight in his own upbringing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eResponding to the overt racism of the Trump era, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “My President Was Black” (\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e) looks back at the meaning of Obama. Howard Bryant (\u003ci\u003eESPN the Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) and Bim Adewunmi (\u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e) 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 (\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e); Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham’s \u003ci\u003eESPN the Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e reporting exposes the seamy sides of the NFL; Nina Martin and Renee Montagne investigate America’s shameful record on maternal mortality \u003ci\u003e(NPR\/ProPublica\u003c\/i\u003e); Ian Frazier asks “What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?” (\u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e); and Alex Mar considers “Love in the Time of Robots” (\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eEpic Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). The collection concludes with Kristen Roupenian’s viral hit short story “Cat Person” (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218162209112,"sku":"9780231189996","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780231189996_2331fa81-21cd-4abd-9e92-1540c18274d8.jpg?v=1770441337","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/best-american-magazine-writing-2018","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}