Following up on my "Best sports writing linked to in 2013" is this chronological listing of what to me were most memorable piece of non-sports writing I linked to last year.
While it's often tough to pick one particular story (similar to the favorite Michael Bolton song quandary from Office Space), the one that sticks with me the most is the Junod feature on Mr. Rogers from 1998.
"Patient Zero" by Tom Junod and Mark Warren for Esquire. Written about and linked to in Nov 2013.
"The Dream Boat" by Luke Mogelson for the New York Times Magazine. Written about and linked to in Nov 2013.
"Miley Cyrus on Why She Loves Weed, Went Wild at the VMAs and Much More" by Josh Eells for Rolling Stone. Written about and linked to in Nov 2013.
"Declara Co-Founder Ramona Pierson's Comeback Odyssey" by Ashlee Vance for Businessweek. Written about and linked to in Oct 2013.
"American Dread" by David Granger for Esquire. Written about and linked to (along with some other great writing) in Aug 2013.
"Never Let Go" by Kelley Benham for the Tampa Bay Times. Written about and linked to in Aug 2013.
"Has Carl June Found a Key to Fighting Cancer?" by Jason Fagone for Philadelphia Magazine. Written about and linked to in Aug 2013 (in the same post as that on Benham's feature).
"Celebrity Profiler: Tom Chiarella, in His Own Words" by Tom Chiarella for Indianapolis Monthly. Written about and linked to in July 2013.
"How to Give to Charity" by Chris Jones for Esquire. Written about and linked to in July 2013.
"In rural Tennessee, a new way to help hungry children: A bus turned bread truck" by Eli Saslow for the Washington Post. Written about and linked to in July 2013.
"The Innocent Man" by Pamela Colloff. for Texas Monthly. Written about and linked to in June 2013.
"How to be gracious, and why" by Tom Chiarella for Esquire. Written about and linked to in June 2013.
"After Newtown shooting, mourning parents enter into the lonely quiet" by Eli Saslow for the Washington Post. Written about and linked to in June 2013.
"16 Minutes" by David Von Drehle and Jeffrey Kluger for Time Magazine (reading the full story requires a Time subscription). Written about and linked to in May 2013.
"The Luckiest Village in the World" by Michael Paterniti for GQ. Written about and linked to in May 2013.
"The Violence We Live With" by Charlie Pierce for Esquire. Written about and linked to in April 2013.
"Why Boston's Hospital's Were Ready" by Atul Gawande for the New Yorker. Written about and linked to in April 2013.
"Pain" by C.J. Chivers for Field & Stream. Written about and linked to in March 2013.
"Excuse Us While We Kiss the Sky" by Matthew Power for GQ. Written about and linked to in March 2013 (in the same post as that on the essay by Chivers).
"Can You Say... Hero?" by Tom Junod for Esquire (in 1998). Written about and linked to in Feb 2013.
"For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II" by Mike Dash for Smithsonian Magazine. Written about and linked to in Feb 2013.
"The Joys of Cabin Living in Alaska" by Steven Rinella for Outside Magazine. Written about and linked to in Feb 2013.
"Two Men, One Sky: A Flight to the Finish" by A.G. Sulzberger for the New York Times. Written about and linked to in Feb 2013 (in the same post as that on Rinella's essay).
"Operation Thresher: Fishing for Monster Sharks off The Shores of Rhode Island" by C.J. Chivers for Field & Stream. Written about and linked to in Feb 2013 (in the same post as that on the writing by Rinella and Sulzberger).
"The Happiness of Aaron Swartz" by Tom Chiarella for Esquire. Written about and linked to in Feb 2013.
"Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up" by Jonah Weiner for the New York Times Magazine. Written about and linked to in Jan 2013.
