The Best American Magazine Writing 2017

Introduction, by Nicholas Thompson, editor in chief, Wired
Acknowledgments, by Sid Holt, chief executive, American Society of Magazine Editors
Delusion Is the Thing with Feathers, by Mac McLelland, Audubon: Finalist-Feature Writing
Worlds Apart, by Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times Magazine: Winner-Public Interest
The Revenge of Roger's Angels, by Gabriel Sherman, New York: Finalist-Reporting
The List, by Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker: Finalist-Public Interest
The Improvisational Oncologist, by Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times Magazine: Finalist-Reporting
Trump Days, by George Saunders, The New Yorker: Finalist-Feature Writing
President Trump, Seriously and "Appetite for Destruction" and The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump, by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone: Finalist-Columns and Commentary
Democracies End When They Are Too Democratic, by Andrew Sullivan, New York: Finalist-Essays and Criticism
The Obama Doctrine, by Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic: Finalist-Reporting
Yellowstone: Wild Heart of a Continent, by David Quammen, National Geographic: Finalist-Single-Topic Issue
My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard, by Shane Bauer, Mother Jones: Winner-Reporting
Bird in a Cage and The Ideology of Isolation and Giantess, by Rebecca Solnit, Harper's Magazine: Winner-Columns and Commentary
Ladies in Waiting, by Becca Rothfeld, The Hedgehog Review: Finalist-Essays and Criticism
The Reckoning, by Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly: Finalist-Columns and Commentary
Listening for the Country, by Zandria F. Robinson, Oxford American: Finalist-Essays and Criticism
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List of Contributors