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Book SynopsisThe Best American Magazine Writing 2010 proves that print journalism is as vital as ever, offering information, amusement, connection, and perspective to those who love to lose themselves in a good read. This year's selections, chosen from National Magazine Awards finalists and winners, include David Grann's article from the New Yorker on the execution of a possibly innocent man; Sheri Fink's report from the New York Times Magazine on the alleged euthanization of patients during Hurricane Katrina; and Fareed Zakaria's compelling take from Newsweek on Iran's weakening regime. The Best American Magazine Writing 2010 also includes absorbing profiles, arresting interviews, personal essays, and entrancing fiction. Esquire's Mike Sager recounts a promising quarterback's shocking descent into drugs; Vanity Fair's Bryan Burrough shares the confessions of the year's other major Ponzi schemer, and, from McSweeney's Quarterly, Wells Tower weaves a transporting tale of elemental desire. GQ's To
Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Jon Meacham Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt The Deadly Choices at Memorial, by Sheri Fink Still Life, by Skip Hollandsworth Marc Dreier's Crime of Destiny, by Bryan Burrough The Last Abortion Doctor, by John H. Richardson The Cost Conundrum, by Atul Guwande A Death in Texas, by Tom Barry Vanish, by Evan Ratliff Out West, by Joe Wilkins Theocracy and Its Discontents, by Fareed Zakaria Lead Us Not Into Debt, by Megan McArdle Bacon: The Other White Heat, by Theodore Gray In Defense of Tourism, by Peter Jon Lindberg Excerpts from For and Against Foreskin, by Michael Idov, Christopher Bonanos, and Hanna Rosin There's a Sucker Born Every Minute, by Tom Carson War Games, by Steve Erickson Suburban Ghetto, by Jonathan Dee Obituary Columns: Danny La Rue, Benson, William Safire, by Ann Wroe Top Ten State Fair Joys, by Garrison Keillor The Man Who Never Was, by Mike Sager Trial by Fire, by David Grann Raw Water, by Wells Tower And Yet ..., by Mitch Albom National Magazine Awards 2010 Finalists and Winners National Magazine Awards 2010 Judges ASME Board of Directors, 2010-2011 Permissions List of Contributors
