Table of Contents

Introduction, by Evan Ratliff, editor of The Atavist Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine Editors The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nehisi Coates Women Aren't Welcome Here, by Amanda Hess The College Rape Overcorrection, by Emily Yoffe When Michael Dunn Compared Himself to a Rape Victim, He Was Following an Old, Racist Script and I Don't Care If You Like It and The Slenderman Stabbing Shows Girls Will Be Girls, Too, by Rebecca Traister Shame and Survival, by Monica Lewinsky Inside the Iron Closet: What It's Like to Be Gay in Putin's Russia, by Jeff Sharlet Love and Ruin, by James Verini The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie, by John Jeremiah Sullivan The Truth About Chicago's Crime Rates, by David Bernstein and Noah Isackson The Sea of Crises, by Brian Phillips Zombies on the Walls: Why Does So Much New Abstraction Look the Same? and Taking in Jeff Koons, Creator and Destroyer of Worlds and Post-Macho God: Matisse's Cut-Outs Are World-Historically Gorgeous, by Jerry Saltz Follow Me: Kate Upton Leads the Charge of Models Who've Gone Crazy for Social Media, by Jonathan Van Meter Jackie's Goodbye, by Tiffany Stanley This Old Man, by Roger Angell The Emerald Light in the Air, by Donald Antrim Permissions List of Contributors

Promotional Information

This year's Best American Magazine Writing features articles on politics, culture, sports, sex, race, celebrity, and more. Selections include Ta-Nehisi Coates's intensely debated "The Case For Reparations" (The Atlantic) and Monica Lewinsky's reflections on the public-humiliation complex and how the rules of the game have (and have not) changed (Vanity Fair).

About the Author

The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for magazine journalists in the United States. ASME sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Sid Holt is chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a former editor at Rolling Stone and Adweek magazines. Evan Ratliff is editor of the National Magazine Award-winning digital publication The Atavist. A contributing writer at Wired, he has also written for The New Yorker, Outside, and National Geographic.

Reviews

Beginning with Ta-nehisi Coates' brilliant essay on reparations and ending with a poignant New Yorker piece, this collection lets you be in the know without having to scramble through endless material. Campus Circle