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

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"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

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"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