The Best American Magazine Writing 2009

Edited by The American Society of Magazine Editors; Introduction by Chris Anderson

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November, 2009
Paper, 472 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14796-5
$16.95 / £11.95

Introduction, by Chris Anderson

Acknowledgments, by David Willey

1. Papa, by Sean Flynn

2. I Choose My Choice!, by Sandra Tsing Loh

3. The Things That Carried Him, by Chris Jones

4. Broken, by David Darlington

5. The Lost Years and Last Days of David Foster Wallace, by David Lipsky

6. Making It, by Ryan Lizza

7. Disowned by the Ownership Society, by Naomi Klein

8. Bleak Houses, by Paul Reyes

9. The Homecoming, by James Wood

10. Butcher, by Tom Chiarella

11. The Glass Stampede, by Justin Davidson

12. The Healing Season, by Selena Roberts

13. A Boy’s Life, by Hanna Rosin

14. They Fought the Laws (of Supply and Demand), by and the Laws Won

15. Making Toast, by Roger Rosenblatt

16. The Source of All Things, by Tracy Ross

17. Vickie’s Pour House: A Soldier’s Peace, by Maureen McCoy

2009 National Magazine Awards Finalists

Judges, by 2009

National Magazine Award Winners, by 1966–2009

ASME Board of Directors, by 2009–2010

Permissions

List of Contributors

Related Subjects

• Journalism & Media Studies
• Literary Studies

About the Author

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is a nonprofit professional organization for editors of print and online magazines edited, published, and distributed in the United States. Established in 1963, ASME consists of close to 900 members nationwide and, in association with the Columbia School of Journalism, sponsors the National Magazine Awards.Chris Anderson is the editor in chief of Wired Magazine and the author of Free: The Future of a Radical Price and The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.

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