We are excited to announce that Hazlitt is up for fifteen nods at this year's National Magazine Awards. Congratulations to our amazing writers, and all the nominees! Here's a reading list for you:
Nominated in the Arts & Entertainment category:
"The Last Days of Kathy Acker" by Jason McBride
The notorious punk novelist was as uncompromising in death as she was in life.
"Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise" by Chris Randle
On Dennis Hopper’s disavowed art-crime failure Backtrack, a film combining the work of Jenny Holzer, Jodie Foster as a glam-rock Patty Hearst, and Bob Dylan in a hardhat.
"Alanis in Chains" by Soraya Roberts
The pressured pop career that led to Jagged Little Pill, which turns 20 years old today.
"This Portentous Competition: Swan Lake's Place in Soviet Politics" by Amelia Schonbek
How the classic ballet has changed—and been changed by—the history of Russia.
Nominated for Best Short Feature:
"The Year in Talking Sex With My Mom" by Erica Lenti
A gay daughter inviting her conservative mother to a porn convention has to be a conversation starter, right?
Nominated in the Columns category:
"Studies Show" by Nick Hune-Brown
Nominated in the Essays category:
"Our Brownness Does Not Belong Here" by Adnan Khan
How Brown should a Brown person be?
Nominated in the Humour category:
"The Girls on Shit Duty" by Anna Maxymiw
A weeklong trip filled with deep-fried shore meals does funny things to a man’s insides. When you have to clean up the grisly aftermath, all you can do is laugh.
Nominated in the Personal Journalism category:
"Dreams are Boring" by Sasha Chapin
We attribute divine inspiration to madness, but escaping the cycle of mania for the comfort of a calmer mind doesn’t mean abandoning artistic greatness.
"Swole Without a Goal" by Anshuman Iddamsetty
When I started gaining weight, I didn’t just want to get big: I wanted to occupy as much as space as possible.
"The Girls on Shit Duty" by Anna Maxymiw
Nominated in the Poetry category:
"Winter" by Gary Barwin
Nominated in the Society category:
"'Why Can't You Behave': Revisiting the Case of Alice Crimmins" by Sarah Weinman
Fifty years ago, Alice Crimmins’s children died, and she was the prime suspect. The trials that followed ensured we’d never know who murdered them—only that a woman’s life could be used against her.
Nominated in the Sports & Recreation category:
"The Journeywoman" by Amelia Schonbek
No one ever said being a professional boxer would be easy, but for the sport’s women, it seems almost impossible—and rarely worth it.
Nominated in the One of a Kind category:
"Tickle Me Dead" by Suzannah Showler
A mirthful reaction masks an experience that’s much closer to facing your own mortality.
