The best American Magazine Writing 2013 is a pure pleasure. The issue covers some of the most important events in America and around the world in 2013. The first essay Fear of a Black President portrays America’s struggle and divided mandate in accepting the reality of a black president.

Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses the most talked about case of the year, the Zimmerman trial, and how the president’s seemingly benign statement brought the trial in the limelight.

Title: Best American Magazine Writing 2013

Authors: The American Society of Magazine Editors

ISBN 10: 0231162251

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 10 December 2013, New York/US

The Feature writing awardee Pamela Colloff’s real life story of Michael Morton, The Innocent Man, who spent 25 odd years in jail in spite of being innocent can easily move you to tears and also give you the strength to fight your battles.

If you have missed reading magazines during the last year, this is your chance to read the best writers on events within the US and those that unfolded overseas. Robert F. Worth, a finalist in the Reporting category shares the inside view from post Qaddafi Libya as he spends time in the makeshift jails run by the militias. But not everything is serious stuff, Charles Graeber’s account of the raid on Kim Dotcom’s mansion in New Zealand for the Wired magazine is straight out of a Hollywood movie.

All in all, you should not miss this opportunity to read some wonderful writing from across the publishing landscape.