The Best American Magazine Writing 2013

The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is the principal organization for magazine journalists in the United States. ASME sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Sid Holt is chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors and a former editor at Rolling Stone and Adweek Magazines.

James Bennet has been the editor in chief of The Atlantic since 2006. Before joining The Atlantic, he was the Jerusalem bureau chief for the New York Times.

Introduction, by James Bennet, editor in chief, The Atlantic
Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine Editors
Fear of a Black President, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Who in God's Name Is Mitt Romney?, by Frank Rich
It's Not About the Law, Stupid and The Supreme Court's Dark Vision of Freedom and Where Is the Liberal Outrage?, by Dahlia Lithwick
The Innocent Man, by Pamela Colloff
18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars, 2 Wolves, 1 Baboon, 1 Macaque, and 1 Man Dead in Ohio, by Chris Heath
Did You Think About the Six People You Executed?, by Robert F. Worth
A Life Worth Ending, by Michael Wolff
Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Wives, by Mimi Swartz
School of Hate, by Sabrina Rubin Erdely
Atonement, by Dexter Filkins
The Big Book, by Chris Jones
Terry Southern: The Art of Screenwriting, by Interview by Maggie Paley
Mega: Ten Days Inside the Mansion—and the Mind—of Kim Dotcom, the Most Wanted Man on the Internet, by Charles Graeber
Portrait of a Lady and Social Animal and We're All Helmut Newton Now, by Daphne Merkin
Over the Wall, by Roger Angell
Batman and Robin Have an Altercation, by Stephen King
The Living and the Dead, by Brian Mockenhaupt
State of the Species, by Charles C. Mann
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