The Best American Magazine Writing Paperback - 2002

From the publisher

A treasury of great magazine pieces drawn from the winners of and finalists for the prestigious National Magazine Awards

In the world of magazines, no recognition is more highly coveted than an Ellie, the National Magazine Award presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors. This is the magazine equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Nominees and winners are chosen by hundreds of editors, educators, and art directors from more than a thousand submissions. These selections are among the very best of those.

The Best American Magazine Writing anthology puts between the covers of a single book some of the most outstanding writing by some of the most eminent writers in this country.

My Father's Brain
Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker

The Crash of EgyptAir 990
William Langewiesche, The Atlantic Monthly

Inside the Battle at Qala-i-Jangi
Alex Perry, Time Magazine

Dr. Daedalus
Lauren Slater, Harper's Magazine

Salt Chic
Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue

Playing God on No Sleep
Anna Quindlen, Newsweek

Sullivan's Travels
Michael Wolff, New York Magazine

Moving
Anne Fadiman, The American Scholar

And much more! Brilliant and illuminating, this book is for anyone who appreciates magazine writing and journalism at their highest level.

The American Society of Magazine Editors is the professional organization for editors of consumer magazines that are edited, published, and sold in the United States. It sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.