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9780307957153 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 2011, cover price $40.00

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9780812983685 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, September 18, 2012), cover price $20.00

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By American Society of Magazine Editors (compiler) and Chris Anderson (introduced by)

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9780231147965 | Columbia Univ Pr, December 1, 2009, cover price $16.95

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Product Description: The Best American Magazine Writing 2008 is an essential guide to the year's most entertaining, politically charged, and sophisticated essays. With pieces first published in The Nation, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker, among other leading publications, this anthology illuminates the most compelling issues of the past year and points to the topics that will concern us in the next...read more

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9780231147149 | Columbia Univ Pr, December 8, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The Best American Magazine Writing 2008 is an essential guide to the year's most entertaining, politically charged, and sophisticated essays.

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'Famous as the editor of her mother's Little House books, Rose Wilder Lane worked for fifty years as a literary journalist, traveling widely and commenting on a broad range of topics. Amy Mattson Lauters has collected examples of Lane's literary nonfiction articles that have been unavailable since their original publication'--Provided by publisher.

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9780826217219 | Univ of Missouri Pr, February 28, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: 'Famous as the editor of her mother's Little House books, Rose Wilder Lane worked for fifty years as a literary journalist, traveling widely and commenting on a broad range of topics.

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Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.
By American Society of Magazine Editors (compiler) and Graydon Carter (introduced by)

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9780231139939 | Columbia Univ Pr, December 1, 2006, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.

By Hugh M. Hefner (editor) and Richard Stern (foreword by)

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9781586421199 | Steerforth Pr, October 10, 2006, cover price $19.95

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Product Description: In 1999, Michigan State University Press launched Fourth Genre: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction, a journal that began with and has maintained a devotion to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction. The title reflects an intent to give nonfiction its due as a literary genre—to give writers of the 'fourth genre' a showcase for their work and to give readers a place to find the liveliest and most creative works in the form...read more
By Martha A. Bates (editor)

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9780870137761 | Michigan State Univ Pr, March 1, 2006, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In 1999, Michigan State University Press launched Fourth Genre: Explorations in Creative Nonfiction, a journal that began with and has maintained a devotion to publishing notable, innovative work in nonfiction.

Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.

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9780231137805 | Columbia Univ Pr, November 1, 2005, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.

A collection of great journalistic pieces includes Maike Sager's account of stalking Marlon Brando in Tahiti, Scott Anderson's exploits as a war correspondant, and Bill Plaschke's story about a woman suffering from cerebral palsy who runs a Los Angeles Dodgers Web site. Original.
By Walt Harrington (editor)

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9780802142245 | Grove Pr, September 9, 2005, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A collection of great journalistic pieces includes Maike Sager's account of stalking Marlon Brando in Tahiti, Scott Anderson's exploits as a war correspondant, and Bill Plaschke's story about a woman suffering from cerebral palsy who runs a Los Angeles Dodgers Web site.

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A compendium of underground literature includes selections from Hunter S. Thompson, Exene Cervenka, Patti Smith, Dennis Cooper, Malcolm X, Sonny Barger, Maggie Estep, Lenny Bruce, Henry Miller, R. Crumb, Philip K. Dick, Iceberg Slim, and Norman Mailer, among others. Original.
By Alan Kaufman (editor), Neil Ortenberg (editor) and Barney Rosset (editor)

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9781560255505 | Basic Books, December 29, 2004, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A compendium of underground literature includes selections from Hunter S.

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A tenth anniversary collection of twenty-five narrative essays originally published in the journal, Creative Nonfiction, includes Lauren Slater's discussion of her work as a therapist at an institution where she was once a patient, John Edgar Wideman's passionate reaction to the murder of Emmett Till, and John McPhee's personal album quilt. 15,000 first printing.
By Annie Dillard (introduced by) and Lee Gutkind (editor)

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9780393326659 | W W Norton & Co Inc, November 30, 2004, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A collection of twenty-five narrative essays originally published in the journal, Creative Nonfiction, includes works by Lauren Slater, John Edgar Wideman, and John McPhee, with commentary by the authors following their pieces.

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A selection of essays from Tin House magazine explores a range diverse subjects, in works by Jeffrey Eugenides on living above a Nazi bunker in Berlin, Jo Ann Beard's account of the life and death of one of Jack Kevorkian's patients, and others by Russell Banks and Czeslaw Milosz. Original. 15,000 first printing.
By Charles D'Ambrosio (editor)

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9781582344867 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, September 30, 2004, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A selection of essays from Tin House magazine explores a range diverse subjects, in works by Jeffrey Eugenides on living above a Nazi bunker in Berlin, Jo Ann Beard's account of the life and death of one of Jack Kevorkian's patients, and others by Russell Banks and Czeslaw Milosz.

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Chosen from more than one thousand submissions, a compilation of outstanding magazine pieces is drawn from the winners of and finalists for the National Magazine Awards and features significant magazine journalism and fictional works created for American magazines, including works by Adam Gopnik, James Wolcott, Christopher Hitchens, and Elizabeth Gilbert. Original. 27,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

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9780060749538 | Perennial, September 1, 2004, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.

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A compilation of outstanding magazine pieces is drawn from the winners of and finalists for the National Magazine Awards and features significant magazine journalism and fictional works created for American magazines. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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9780060567750 | Perennial, December 1, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.

By J. Brent Bill (editor) and C. Michael Curtis (foreword by)

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9780944350614 | Friends United Pr, November 1, 2002, cover price $19.00

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A compilation of outstanding magazine pieces is drawn from the winners of and finalists for the National Magazine Awards and features significant magazine journalism and fictional works created for American magazines. Original.

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9780060515720 | Perennial, October 1, 2002, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Showcases articles written by a variety of journalists judged as finalists or winners in a contest sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, and addresses topics ranging from reporting to feature writing.

By Chris Kraus (editor) and Sylvere Lotringer (editor)

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9781584350125 | 1 edition (Semiotext, May 1, 2001), cover price $19.95

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Product Description: In the world of magazines, no recognition is more highly coveted than an "Ellie," the National Magazine Award presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors to the best of the American magazines. The Awards are the magazine equivalents to the Pulitzer Prizes of the newspaper industry...read more
By Harold Evans (editor)

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9781586480882 | Public Affairs, September 1, 2001, cover price $19.50 | About this edition: In the world of magazines, no recognition is more highly coveted than an "Ellie," the National Magazine Award presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors to the best of the American magazines.

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The singer-songwriter collects prose writing from her contemporaries, including David Byrne, Marc Cohn, Paula Cole, Lyle Lovett, John Stewart, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, Loudon Wainwright, and of course, her father. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
By Rosanne Cash (editor)

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9780786862771 | Hyperion Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.45 | About this edition: Noted songwriters, including Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Paula Cole, John Stewart, Suzanne Vega, and Shawn Colvin, take an idea from one of their songs to use as the basis of prose writing.

By Clay Felker (editor)

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9781586480097 | Public Affairs, September 1, 2000, cover price $18.00

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