{"product_id":"the-best-american-magazine-writing-2023","title":"Best American Magazine Writing 2022","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Magazine Writing 2022 \u003c\/i\u003epresents a range of outstanding writing on timely topics, from in-depth reporting to incisive criticism: Kristin Canning calls for a change in how we talk about abortion (\u003ci\u003eWomen’s Health\u003c\/i\u003e), and Ed Yong warns us about the next pandemic (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e). Matthieu Aikins provides a gripping eyewitness account of the Taliban’s seizure of Kabul (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). Heidi Blake and Katie J. M. Baker’s “Beyond Britney” examines how people placed under legal guardianship are deprived of their autonomy (\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed News\u003c\/i\u003e). Rachel Aviv profiles a psychologist who studies the fallibility of memory—and has testified for defendants including Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe anthology includes dispatches from the frontiers of science, exploring why Venus turned out so hellishly unlike Earth (\u003ci\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/i\u003e) and detailing the potential of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (\u003ci\u003eQuanta\u003c\/i\u003e). It features celebrated writers, including \u003ci\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/i\u003e magazine pieces by Ann Patchett, whose “These Precious Days” is a powerful story of friendship during the pandemic, and Vivian Gornick, who offers “notes on humiliation.” Carina del Valle Schorske depicts the power of public dance after pandemic isolation (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). And the NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lauds the Black athletes who fought for social justice (\u003ci\u003eAARP the Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e). Amid the continuing reckoning with racism, authors reconsider tarnished figures. The Black ornithologist and birder J. Drew Lanham assesses the legacy of John James Audubon in the magazine that bears his name, and Jeremy Atherton Lin questions his youthful enthusiasm for Morrissey (\u003ci\u003eYale Review\u003c\/i\u003e). Jennifer Senior writes about memory and the lingering grief felt for a friend killed on 9\/11 (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e). The collection concludes with Nishanth Injam’s story of queer first love across religious boundaries, “Come with Me” (\u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40339708182611,"sku":"9780231208901","price":80.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780231208901.jpg?v=1770452141","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-best-american-magazine-writing-2023","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}