Title: The Best American Magazine Writing 2016
Author(s): Sid Holt
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231162251
Extension: EPUB
Size: 717 KB
Subjects: LAN008000, Language Arts and Disciplines/Journalism, LCO010000, Literary Collections/Essays
This year's Best American Magazine Writing features outstanding writing on contentious issues including incarceration, policing, sexual assault, labor, technology, and environmental catastrophe. Selections include Paul Ford's ambitious What Is Code?" (Bloomberg Businessweek), an innovative explanation of how programming works, and The Really Big One," by Kathryn Schulz (The New Yorker), which exposes just how unprepared the Pacific Northwest is for a major earthquake. Joining them are Meaghan Winter's exposé of crisis pregnancy centers (Cosmopolitan) and a chilling story of police prejudice that allowed a serial rapist to run free (the Marshall Project in partnership with ProPublica). Also included is Shane Smith's interview with Barack Obama about mass incarceration (Vice).
Other selections demonstrate a range of long-form styles and topics across print and digital publications. The imprisoned hacker and activist...
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