The Best American Magazine Writing 2015

Edited by Sid Holt for the American Society of Magazine Editors. Introduction by Evan Ratliff, editor of The Atavist

Introduction, by Evan Ratliff, editor of The Atavist
Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine Editors
The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Women Aren't Welcome Here, by Amanda Hess
The College Rape Overcorrection, by Emily Yoffe
When Michael Dunn Compared Himself to a Rape Victim, He Was Following an Old, Racist Script and I Don't Care If You Like It and The Slenderman Stabbing Shows Girls Will Be Girls, Too, by Rebecca Traister
Shame and Survival, by Monica Lewinsky
Inside the Iron Closet: What It's Like to Be Gay in Putin's Russia, by Jeff Sharlet
Love and Ruin, by James Verini
The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie, by John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Truth About Chicago's Crime Rates, by David Bernstein and Noah Isackson
The Sea of Crises, by Brian Phillips
Zombies on the Walls: Why Does So Much New Abstraction Look the Same? and Taking in Jeff Koons, Creator and Destroyer of Worlds and Post-Macho God: Matisse's Cut-Outs Are World-Historically Gorgeous, by Jerry Saltz
Follow Me: Kate Upton Leads the Charge of Models Who've Gone Crazy for Social Media, by Jonathan Van Meter
Jackie's Goodbye, by Tiffany Stanley
This Old Man, by Roger Angell
The Emerald Light in the Air, by Donald Antrim
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