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December 7, 2012

Terry McDonell on the Importance of Long Form Journalism

We conclude our week-long feature on The Best American Magazine Writing 2012 where we probably should have started, namely Terry McDonell’s introduction. Terry McDonell has been an editor for many magazines and is currently editor of Time Inc. Sports. In...

December 6, 2012

The Best American Magazine Writing 2012: "Joplin," by Luke Dittrich

“The windows spider. The windows explode. Lacey’s boys start screaming. It is a terrible sound.”—from “Joplin!,” by Luke Dittrich Continuing our week-long focus on The Best American Magazine Writing: 2012, we are featuring Luke Dittrich’s extraordinary Joplin!, which recounts the...

December 5, 2012

From The Best American Magazine Writing 2012: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests by Matt Taibbi

“People want out of this fiendish system, rigged to inexorably circumvent every hope we have for a more balanced world.”—Matt Taibbi One of the more inspiring and effective relief efforts to emerge in the wake of Hurricane Sandy has been...

December 4, 2012

Best American Magazine Writing 2012 — John Jeremiah Sullivan on David Foster Wallace

“Here’s a thing that is hard to imagine: being so inventive a writer that when you die, the language is impoverished. That’s what Wallace’s suicide did, two and a half years ago. It wasn’t just a sad thing, it was...

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Tag: The Best American Magazine Writing 2012

Terry McDonell on the Importance of Long Form Journalism

The Best American Magazine Writing 2012: "Joplin," by Luke Dittrich

From The Best American Magazine Writing 2012: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests by Matt Taibbi

Best American Magazine Writing 2012 — John Jeremiah Sullivan on David Foster Wallace