A perennial hit, our Best American Magazine Writing chooses from the nominees and winners of the coveted National Magazine Awards. Selections belong to the categories of public interest reporting, features, criticism, commentary, and fiction. This yearOCOs selections include Iraqi War veteran Brian Mockenhaupt on modern combat in Afghanistan and its ability to both forge and challenge friendships; Mac McClellandOCOs on his nightmarish stint picking and packing at an online shipping warehouse; Daniel Alarcn on the strange social and political dynamics of PeruOCOs most infamous prison; Melissadel Bosque March on the secret dealings of MexicoOCOs deadliest smuggling corridor; Ta-Nehisi Coates on the complex racial terrain traversed by African American politicians; and Frank Rich on the late Nora Ephron and her invaluable contribution to American culture."
A perennial hit, our Best American Magazine Writing chooses from the nominees and winners of the coveted National Magazine Awards. Selections belong to the categories of public interest reporting, features, criticism, commentary, and fiction. This yearOCOs selections include Iraqi War veteran Brian Mockenhaupt on modern combat in Afghanistan and its ability to both forge and challenge friendships; Mac McClellandOCOs on his nightmarish stint picking and packing at an online shipping warehouse; Daniel Alarcn on the strange social and political dynamics of PeruOCOs most infamous prison; Melissadel Bosque March on the secret dealings of MexicoOCOs deadliest smuggling corridor; Ta-Nehisi Coates on the complex racial terrain traversed by African American politicians; and Frank Rich on the late Nora Ephron and her invaluable contribution to American culture."