The best American newspaper narratives of 2012

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Summary

"This anthology collects the ten winners of the 2012 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, which is hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas. The contest honors exemplary narrative work and encourages narrative nonfiction storytelling at newspapers across the United States. First place winner: Eli Saslow,"Life of a Salesman," published by the Washington Post, is about a swimming pool salesman experiencing the unraveling of his decades-long success story"--Publisher's annotation.

Contents

Life of a salesman / Eli Saslow (Washington Post) -- Never let go / Kelley Benham (Tampa Bay Times) -- Breaking free / Anne Hull (Washington Post) -- Snowfall: the avalanche at Tunnel Creek / John Branch (New York Times) -- Donna's diner: in the hard fall of a favorite son, a reminder of a city's scars, Part 4 of a five-part series / Dan Barry (New York Times) -- The nation's poet / Rosalind Bentley (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- I boy / Mark Johnson (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) -- Young Houstonians go from homelessness to college / Monica Rhor (Houston Chronicle) -- The girl who took down the gang / Louis Hansen (Virginian-Pilot) -- Soldiers recount 60-second attack that left them reflecting on life and death / Martin Kuz (Stars and Stripes) -- Judges' biographies.

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