The Best American Magazine Writing 2000

by Clay Felker (Editor)

Contents:

Nick Nolte is racing the clock to repair the damage/ Daniel Voll --
The Ring leader/ Frank Deford --
No one knows what could be happening to those kids/ Skip Hollandsworth --
The Demon in the freezer/ Richard Preston --
Clock of ages/ Brian Hayes --
Digibabble,fairy dust, and the human anthill/ Tom Wolfe --
The barber's unhappiness/ George Saunders --
Dominion/ Robert Stone --
The third and final continent/ Jhumpa Lahiri --
Moment of truth/ Gary Smith --
Madness visible/ Janine di Giovanni --
The forensics of war/ Sebastian Junger --
And the Leni Riefenstahl award for rabid nationalism goes to.../ Tom Carson --
The last great movie of the century/ Tom Carson --
The man in the mirror:The enduring confessions and unmatched hedonism of Andre Gide/ Anthony Lane Waugh in pieces:cruelty and compassion mingle in the short stories of a master/ Anthony Lane --
The rape of Dinah:human rights, civil war in Liberia, and evil triumphant/ Kenneth L. Cain.

Genres: Nonfiction, Journalism

432 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2000

Reviews

[Linda Edwards · Rating 4 out of 5]

Among the highlights here Ring Leader(on Bill Russell)/Frank Deford, Clock of ages(amazinf astronomical clock@Strasbourg Castle)/Hayes, Digibabble fairy dust & the human anthill/Tom Wolfe, Madness visible(war in Bosnia)/di Giovanni, Forensics of war(more on Bosnia)/Junger & The last great movie of the century/Carson; also quite good: Demon in the Freezer(on bio wpns)/Preston & The 3rd & final continent/Lahiri

[Alex]

The Best American Magazine Writing 2000 by The American Society of Magazine Editors (2000)