{"product_id":"the-best-american-newspaper-narratives-volume-6-paperback-softback-9781574417524","title":"The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 6 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781574417524","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 6\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGayle Reaves (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781574417524\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.532 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis anthology collects the eleven winners of the 2018 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, an event hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First place winner: Kale Williams, \"\"The Loneliest Polar Bear\"\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/em\u003e), relates the tale of Nora, a baby polar bear raised by humans in a zoo after being abandoned by her mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSecond place: Patricia Callahan, \"\"Doomed by Delay\"\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e), reveals the experiences of Illinois families with children diagnosed with Krabbe—a deadly disease that healthcare professionals could have screened for at birth, and ultimately treated, if it weren't for government bureaucracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThird place: Christopher Goffard, \"\"Dirty John\"\" (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e), is an investigative story that explores the dynamics of domestic violence with a nuanced, psychologically complex narrative of family and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunners-up include John Woodrow Cox, \"\"Twelve Seconds of Gunfire\"\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e); Tom Hallman Jr., \"\"His Heart, Her Hands\"\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/em\u003e); Jenna Russell, \"\"The Last Refugee\"\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e); Lisa Gartner and Zachary T. Sampson, \"\"Wrong Way\"\" (\u003cem\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/em\u003e); Casey Parks, \"\"About a Boy\"\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/em\u003e); Jennifer Emily, \"\"Hope for the Rest of Us\"\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e); Kent Babb, \"\"There's Nowhere to Run\"\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e); and Lane DeGregory, \"\"The House on the Corner\"\" (\u003cem\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of North Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52620078022936,"sku":"9781574417524","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-best-american-newspaper-narratives-volume-6-paperback-softback-9781574417524","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}