In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
Hiroshima
by John Hersey
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
by Jon Krakauer
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
by Anne Fadiman
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
In Patagoni
by Bruce Chatwin
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List of Books About Literary Journalism
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997)
Edited by Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda
This is considered by many as one of the very first books on literary journalism. Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda, English and journalism professors at the University of Delaware, were struggling to find an appropriate textbook about literary journalism that they can assign to their students. So they decided to take matters on their own hands. The Art of Fact is the product of their efforts. This is a thick anthology book containing 58 works of literary journalism. It includes works by Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, John Hersey, Truman Capote, George Orwell, Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and more.
Every piece in the book is introduced with a commentary about the author and the piece which gives proper context about it being considered as a good example of "literary journalism".
From the preface of the book: "But just what kind of journalism is "literary"? Our five-word answer would be: thoughtfully, artfully, and valuably innovative. The "innovative" is key, for two reasons. First, it is our view that like much else in the twentieth century, journalism has been an object of mass production, turned out according to codified standards and in agreed-upon shapes. These standards are in many ways useful, yet they are also limiting, and for a writer to cast one or more aside can be liberating."
Edited by Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda
This is considered by many as one of the very first books on literary journalism. Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda, English and journalism professors at the University of Delaware, were struggling to find an appropriate textbook about literary journalism that they can assign to their students. So they decided to take matters on their own hands. The Art of Fact is the product of their efforts. This is a thick anthology book containing 58 works of literary journalism. It includes works by Charles Dickens, Walt Whitman, John Hersey, Truman Capote, George Orwell, Hunter S. Thompson, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, and more.
Every piece in the book is introduced with a commentary about the author and the piece which gives proper context about it being considered as a good example of "literary journalism".
From the preface of the book: "But just what kind of journalism is "literary"? Our five-word answer would be: thoughtfully, artfully, and valuably innovative. The "innovative" is key, for two reasons. First, it is our view that like much else in the twentieth century, journalism has been an object of mass production, turned out according to codified standards and in agreed-upon shapes. These standards are in many ways useful, yet they are also limiting, and for a writer to cast one or more aside can be liberating."
Literary Journalism in the Twentieth Century (2008)
Edited by Norman Sims
Various scholars have contributed to this important collection of essays that discuss the shifting boundaries between literature and journalism and fiction and nonfiction. The pieces directly address literary journalism so this is a must-have for students on the subject. The scholars who contributed pieces to the anthology include Kathy Smith, David Eason, Hugh Kenner, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, John Pauly, William Howarth, Ron Weber, and Tom Connery.
The book features an in-depth analysis of Artists in Uniform, a 1953 piece by Mary McCarthy which is widely considered as a classic in literary journalism.
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