About Wesley Enzinna

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Published Stories:

Last Ones Left in a Toxic Town

New York Times Magazine

Wes Enzinna, class of 2010, writes for the New York Times Magazine about the last couple left in a toxic town in Kansas.

Boy Wander

Oxford American

An essay on the freight-train photography of the Polaroid Kidd, in which I hop trains and feel old.

On John Ross 1938–2011

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In Memoriam

Big Meat vs. Michael Pollan

Mother Jones

http://motherjones.com/environment/2010/11/michael-pollan-backlash-beef-advocacy

"Bolaño Inc."

Guernica magazine, November 1, 2009

Roberto Bolaño is being sold in the U.S. as the next Gabriel García Márquez, a darker, wilder, decidedly un-magical paragon of Latin American literature. But his former friend and fellow novelist, Horacio Castellanos Moya, isn’t buying it. Edited and translated by Wes Enzinna and Robert P. Baird

"The Global War on Terror in El Salvador"

The Nation magazine, December 31, 2007

A new anti-terrorism law in El Salvador is turning scores of Salvadoran citizens into fugitives. The author spends two weeks on the trail of one of these ersatz outlaws.

Work Experience:

Assistant editor

Guernica magazine  - New York, NY  ( June 2009 - December 2010 )

Commission, assign and edit articles for Guernica magazine, a bi-monthly magazine of art and politics +++ www.guernicamag.com

Research Assistant to author Naomi Klein

Conducted research, fact-checking and reporting for author Naomi Klein for her book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Knopf Canada 2007)

Paid editorial intern, general editorial assistant, The Nation magazine

Fact-checked articles, assisted senior writers with research and reporting, wrote articles and conducted interviews for thenation.com