New Letters
wins
National Magazine Award, May 1st, 2008
New Letters won the National Magazine Award
for the essay
on May 1, 2008 at Lincoln Center in New York.
The essay
"I Am Joe's Prostate" by Thomas E. Kennedy appears in
Volume
73, Issue 4.
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Ellie
for photos
from the American Society of Magazine Editors' 2008 awards
ceremony in New York City.
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