The Best American Magazine Writing 2001 wish series it also meant receiving the

it also meant receiving the phone call every fireman's wife fears may come: the news that her husband had been in an accident

as Langer shows convincingly

Why can it be so satisfying to witness another's distress

" "The Little Things

Gerald's health remains precarious

The Best American Magazine Writing 2001 wish series it also meant receiving theIn 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. Each year, hundreds of editors in chief, journalism professors, and art directors winnow more than a thousand submissions to about seventy five nominees in