The Best American Magazine Writing 2017 Entertainment_Gift_Guide protecting the world for another

protecting the world for another ten years

Once hired

A girl romances an imaginary boy

On her first day of kindergarten

With folk hero Vallant missing

The Best American Magazine Writing 2017 Entertainment_Gift_Guide protecting the world for anotherWith the work of reporters under fire worldwide, this years anthology of National Magazine Award finalists and winners is a timely reminder of the power of journalism. The pieces included here explore the fault lines in American society. Shane Bauers visceral My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard (Mother Jones) and Sarah Stillmans depiction of the havoc wreaked on young peoples lives when they are put on sex offender registries (The New Yorker)