The Best American Magazine Writing 2015 (eBook)

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.

Introduction, by Evan Ratliff, editor of The AtavistAcknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine EditorsThe Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nehisi CoatesWomen Aren't Welcome Here, by Amanda HessThe College Rape Overcorrection, by Emily YoffeWhen 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 TraisterShame and Survival, by Monica LewinskyInside the Iron Closet: What It's Like to Be Gay in Putin's Russia, by Jeff SharletLove and Ruin, by James VeriniThe Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie, by John Jeremiah SullivanThe Truth About Chicago's Crime Rates, by David Bernstein and Noah IsacksonThe Sea of Crises, by Brian PhillipsZombies 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 SaltzFollow Me: Kate Upton Leads the Charge of Models Who've Gone Crazy for Social Media, by Jonathan Van MeterJackie's Goodbye, by Tiffany StanleyThis Old Man, by Roger AngellThe Emerald Light in the Air, by Donald AntrimPermissionsList of Contributors