The Best American Magazine Writing 2007

ISBN13:
9780231143912
ISBN10:
0231143915
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2007-12-01
Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
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This year's selection includes William Langewiesche's probing investigation in Vanity Fairof the slaughter of twenty-four Iraqis in Haditha; C. J. Chivers's chilling account in Esquireof the 2004 hostage crisis in Beslan, which killed 331 people, 186 of them children; Susan Casey's revelation in Best Lifeof a virtually unknown, Texas-sized garbage dump resting at the bottom of the Pacific ocean; and Andrew Corsello's harrowing portrait in GQof Robert Mugabe's mad rule and two men-a white farmer and a fiery black priest-who strive for forgiveness instead of hate.The collection also includes Vanessa Grigoriadis's hilarious portrait of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld in New York Magazine; Christopher Hitchens's profile of survivors of Agent Orange in Vanity Fair; Sandra Tsing Loh's coverage of the stay-at-home-mommy debate in the Atlantic Monthly; Paul Theroux's thoughts on the dangers of anthropomorphism and our misconceptions about birds in the Smithsonian; Janet Reitman's unraveling of the mysteries of Scientology in Rolling Stone; and the work of nine other exceptional writers.

Transliteration Systems
Abbreviations
Introduction
Translation of the Chan Letter
Translation of the Chan Prolegomenon
Translation of the Chan Notes
Editions Used in the Translations
Pei Xiu's Preface to the Chan Prolegomenon in the Wanli 4 (1576) Korean Edition
Song Dynasty Colophon to the Chan Prolegomenon as Reproduced in the Wanli 4 (1576) Korean Edition Notes Glossary of Chinese Characters
Bibliography
Index
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