{"product_id":"the-best-american-magazine-writing-2006-9780231139939","title":"The Best American Magazine Writing 2006","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the magazine world, no recognition is more highly coveted or prestigious than a National Magazine Award. Annually, members of the American Society of Magazine Editors, in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, select the year's most dynamic, original, provocative, and influential magazine stories. The winning and finalist pieces in this anthology represent outstanding work by some of the most eminent writers in America as well as rising literary and journalistic talents. This prestigious collection includes stories that cover a variety of subjects from Elizabeth Kolbert's investigation into global warming in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and James Bamford's look at the PR campaign behind the Iraq War in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e to Chris Heath's remarkable profile of Merle Haggard in \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e and Bill Heavey's hilarious account of teaching his daughter to fish in \u003ci\u003eField and Stream\u003c\/i\u003e. Other writers include David Foster Wallace (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e), Joyce Carol Oates (\u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Priscilla Long (\u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e), Jesse Katz (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), Marjorie Williams (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e), Hendrik Hertzberg (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), Sven Birkerts (\u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Erik Reece (\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e), Wendy Brenner (\u003ci\u003eThe Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e), John Jeremiah Sullivan (\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e), James Wolcott (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e), and Wyatt Mason (\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWide-ranging in their style and subjects, these writers' stories inform, surprise, entertain, and provide new perspectives on our world. They also reflect elements that distinguish the best in magazine writing: moral passion, investigative zeal, vivid characters and settings, persistent reporting, and artful writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The American Society of Magazine Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42980502339702,"sku":"9780231139939","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-best-american-magazine-writing-2006-9780231139939","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}