The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 9 Christine Maguth Nezu America's addiction crisis is growing

America's addiction crisis is growing worse

Examining key individuals and episodes from centuries past

Professor James Madison University

remains the sceptic's warily optimistic recipe

The Best American Newspaper Narratives, Volume 9 Christine Maguth Nezu America's addiction crisis is growingThis anthology collects the nine winners of the 2021 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest at UNT's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. First place winner: Greg Jaffe and his three part series on the pandemic, beginning with "The Pandemic Hit and This Car Became Home for a Family of Four" (The Washington Post). Second place: Hannah Dreier with "The Worst Case Scenario" (The Washington Post). Third place: Leonora LaPeter Anton, Kavitha