Reviews
The Best American Magazine Writing 2017 by Sid Holt, The American Society of Magazine Editors
ctgt's review
4.0
So there you go. Welcome to America.
The night was sad. The center had failed to hold. Did I blame the kids? I did. Did I blame Trump? I did. This, Mr. Trump, I thought, is why we practice civility. This is why, before we say exactly what is on our minds, we run it past ourselves, to see if it makes sense, is true, is fair, has a flavor of kindness, and won't hurt someone or make someone's difficult life more difficult. Because there are, among us, in every political camp, limited, angry, violent, and/or damaged people, waiting for any excuse to throw off the tethers of restraint and get after it. After which it falls to the rest of us, right and left, to clean up the mess.
George Saunders from Trump Days after he witnessed a violent clash between pro and anti Trump supporters in San Jose.
I had been looking for a way to read some of the top recent essays when I stumbled across this at the library. While some of the essays were dated, (especially those concerning the Trump/Clinton campaigns) several still resonated.
Of note to me
Worlds Apart by Nikole Hannah-Jones from the New York Times Magazine about school segregation in today's world.
The List by Sarah Stillman from The New Yorker about the unintended consequences for juveniles who end up on the sex offender list.
The Improvisational Oncologist by Siddhartha Mukherjee from New York Times Magazine about the evolving battle against cancer.
The Obama Doctrine by Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic a look at Obama's foreign policy.
Ladies in Waiting by Becca Rothfeld from The Hedgehog Review....waiting is love.
The Reckoning by Pamela Colloff from Texas Monthly following a life after the University of Texas Tower shooting.
Listening for the Country by Zandria F. Robinson from Oxford American about the author's search to understand her "country" father.
8/10
The night was sad. The center had failed to hold. Did I blame the kids? I did. Did I blame Trump? I did. This, Mr. Trump, I thought, is why we practice civility. This is why, before we say exactly what is on our minds, we run it past ourselves, to see if it makes sense, is true, is fair, has a flavor of kindness, and won't hurt someone or make someone's difficult life more difficult. Because there are, among us, in every political camp, limited, angry, violent, and/or damaged people, waiting for any excuse to throw off the tethers of restraint and get after it. After which it falls to the rest of us, right and left, to clean up the mess.
George Saunders from Trump Days after he witnessed a violent clash between pro and anti Trump supporters in San Jose.
I had been looking for a way to read some of the top recent essays when I stumbled across this at the library. While some of the essays were dated, (especially those concerning the Trump/Clinton campaigns) several still resonated.
Of note to me
Worlds Apart by Nikole Hannah-Jones from the New York Times Magazine about school segregation in today's world.
The List by Sarah Stillman from The New Yorker about the unintended consequences for juveniles who end up on the sex offender list.
The Improvisational Oncologist by Siddhartha Mukherjee from New York Times Magazine about the evolving battle against cancer.
The Obama Doctrine by Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic a look at Obama's foreign policy.
Ladies in Waiting by Becca Rothfeld from The Hedgehog Review....waiting is love.
The Reckoning by Pamela Colloff from Texas Monthly following a life after the University of Texas Tower shooting.
Listening for the Country by Zandria F. Robinson from Oxford American about the author's search to understand her "country" father.
8/10
vdyej's review
3.0
Shane Bauer’s “My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard” is 5-Star. Didn’t find the other articles interesting.
More...