Second read : writers look back at classic works of reportage / edited by James Marcus and the staff of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Table of Contents: “…-- Connie Schultz on Michael Herr's Dispatches -- Michael Shapiro on Cornelius Ryan's The longest day -- Douglas McCollam on John McPhee's Annals of the former world -- Scott Sherman on Marshall Frady's Wallace -- Gal Beckerman on Rian Malan's My traitor's heart -- John Maxwell Hamilton on Vincent Sheean's Personal history -- Tom Piazza on Norman Mailer's Armies of the night -- Thomas Mallon on William Manchester's The death of a president -- Miles Corwin on Gabriel García Márquez's The story of a shipwrecked sailor -- David Ulin on Joan Didion's Slouching towards Bethlehem -- Justin Peters on Peter Fleming's Brazilian adventure -- Claire Dederer on Betty MacDonald's Anybody can do anything.…”