Literary Journalism Studies The Journal of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2016 –––––––––––––––– Information for Contributors 4 Note from the Editor 5 ––––––––––––––––– Echoes of an African Drum: The Lost Literary Journalism of 1950s South Africa by Lesley Cowling 7 Re-reading Code: Representation, Verification, and a Case of Epistemic (Ir)responsibility by Lindsay Morton 34 Beyond the Program Era: Tracy Kidder, John D’Agata, and the Rise of Literary Journalism at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop by David Dowling 52 Playful Imitation at Work: The Formation of a Danish “Gonzo Thingummy” by Christine Isager 78 Overreacting with Style: Danish Football According to Morten Sabroe, with an Introduction by Christine Isager by Morten Sabroe 97 A Narratological Approach to Literary Journalism: How an Interplay between Voice and Point of View May Create Empathy with The Other by Cecilia Aare 106 Research Review: Recent Trends and Topics in Literary Journalism Scholarship by Miles Maguire 140 Scholar-Practitioner Q+A Bill Reynolds Interviews John Vaillant on Shifting from Nonfiction to Fiction 152 Book Reviews Richard Lance Keeble on The Aesthetics of Experience, James Silas Rogers on Man in Profile, Amber Roessner on The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research, Kate McQueen on One of Us, Ashlee Nelson on Gonzo Text, and Rosemary Armao on The Rainy Season 167 ––––––––––––––––– Mission Statement 186 International Association for Literary Journalism Studies 187 2 Literary Journalism Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2016 Copyright © 2016 International Association for Literary Journalism Studies All rights reserved Website: www.literaryjournalismstudies.org Literary Journalism Studies is the journal of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies and is published twice yearly. For information on subscribing or membership, go to www.ialjs.org. Member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals Published twice a year, Spring and Fall issues. Subscriptions, $50/year (individuals), $75/year (libraries). ISSN 1944-897X (paper) ISSN 1944-8988 (online) 3 Literary Journalism Studies Editor Advisory Board Bill Reynolds Robert Alexander, John S. Bak, Ryerson University Jo Bech-Karlsen, R. Thomas Berner, Canada Myriam Boucharenc, Robert S. Boynton, Associate Editors Thomas B. Connery, Juan Domingues, David Eason, Tobias Eberwein, Lynn Cunningham Ryerson University Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Leonora Flis, Canada Kathy Roberts Forde, Brian Gabrial, Ellen Garvey, Susan Greenberg, William Dow Vera Hanna, Roberto Herrscher, American University of Paris France Tim Holmes, Beate Josephi, Richard Lance Keeble, Willa McDonald, Miles Maguire Jenny McKay, Isabelle Meuret, University of Wisconsin John J. Pauly, Guillaume Pinson, Oshkosh, United States Josh Roiland, Barry Siegel, Norman Roberta S. Maguire Sims, Isabel Soares, University of Wisconsin Marie-Eve Thérenty, Alice Donat Trindade, Oshkosh, United States Andie Tucher, Doug Underwood, Jan Whitt, Christopher P. Wilson, Book Review Editor Mateusz Zimnoch, Sonja Merljak Zvodc Nancy L. Roberts University at Albany, SUNY United States Web Administrator Nicholas Jackson Publisher David Abrahamson Founding Editor Northwestern University United States John C. Hartsock Editorial Offices Literary Journalism Studies School of Journalism Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3 Email: [email protected] Published at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University 1845 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, United States 4 Literary Journalism Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2016 SUBMISSION INFORMATION ITERARY JOURNALISM STUDIES invites submissions of original scholarly L articles on literary journalism, which is also known as narrative journalism, liter- ary reportage, reportage literature, New Journalism, and the nonfiction novel, as well as literary and narrative nonfiction that emphasizes cultural revelation. The journal has an international focus and seeks submissions on the theory, history, and pedagogy of literary journalism throughout the world. All disciplinary approaches are welcome. Submissions should be informed with an awareness of the existing scholarship and should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words in length, including notes. To encourage international dialogue, the journal is open to publishing on occasion short examples or excerpts of previously published literary journalism accompanied by a scholarly gloss about or an interview with the writer who is not widely known outside his or her country. The example or excerpt must be translated into English. The scholarly gloss or interview should generally be between 1,500 and 2,500 words long and in- dicate why the example is important in the context of its national culture. Together, both the text and the gloss generally should not exceed 8,000 words in length. The contributor is responsible for obtaining all copyright permissions, including from the publisher, author and translator as necessary. The journal is also willing to consider publication of exclusive excerpts of narrative literary journalism accepted for publica- tion by major publishers. Email submission (as a Microsoft Word attachment) is mandatory. A cover page indi- cating the title of the paper, the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and contact -in formation, along with an abstract (250 words), should accompany all submissions. The cover page should be sent as a separate attachment from the abstract and submission to facilitate distribution to readers. No identification should appear linking the author to the submission or abstract. All submissions must be in English Microsoft Word and follow the Chicago Manual of Style (Humanities endnote style) <http://www.chicago- manualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html>. All submissions will be blind reviewed. Send submissions to the editor at <[email protected]>. Copyright reverts to the contributor after publication with the provision that if re- published reference is made to initial publication in Literary Journalism Studies. OOK REVIEWS are invited. They should be 1,000–2,000 words and focus on Bthe scholarship of literary journalism and recent original works of literary jour- nalism that deserve greater recognition among scholars. Book reviews are not blind reviewed but selected by the book review editor based on merit. Reviewers may sug- gest book review prospects or write the book review editor for suggestions. Usually reviewers will be responsible for obtaining their respective books. Book reviews and/ or related queries should be sent to Nancy L. Roberts at <[email protected]> 5 Note from the Editor… n August 2014 I drove from Toronto to Montréal for a Icouple of workshop sessions organized by Josh Roiland for the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, held at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. There I listened to, among other fine presentations, Lesley Cowling of Univer- sity of Witwatersrand, South Africa, deliver a fascinating talk on a journalistic enterprise called Drum magazine. Back in the 1950s, this black-readership pe- riodical was the largest circulation publication in South Africa. Since its glory days, Drum has become a powerful cultural symbol and the subject of much scholarship. Yet the actual writing in the magazine has been discussed far less. When Cowling began to connect the dots between the South African black writers at Drum and the New Journalism writers of the 1960s–1970s I began to wonder whether or not I might be able to convince the presenter to expand her ten-minute talk into a major essay. There was an actual need for this work, because out of the reams of scholarship there did not seem to be much exami- nation of the magazine’s writing from the viewpoint of literary journalism. I’m pleased say that Cowling’s essay, as well as the accompanying pho- tos, is everything I had hoped for. The author not only contextualizes Drum writers within the world framework of literary journalism, she also provides analysis to show how what Tom Wolfe came to call scene-by-scene recon- struction, status details, dialogue, and point of view were utilized by writers to depict the actual reality that black people lived. When I saw that Cowling’s work indeed would be prepared in time for this issue, I began to notice the possibility of publishing our most interna- tional collection of articles ever, with representation from Australia, Canada, Denmark, South Africa, Sweden, and United States. This, of course, was not part of the original design for this issue but it certainly looks good on an as- sociation that prides itself on having the “international” in its title. As so often happens in our field, the subject of what is truth looms large in this issue. And strangely, author John D’Agata’s controversial stance on the line between fiction and nonfiction (move the line when convenient, as in, when bending the truth suits the greater truth of the story one is telling, at least in the opinion of the author who, after all, gets to play god), plays a role in two of our essays. Lindsay Morton’s “Rereading Code,” which won the annual Greenberg Prize for best conference research paper at the tenth annual IALJS conference 6 Literary Journalism Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1, Spring 2016 in Minneapolis last year, takes another look at James Aucoin’s essay, “Epistemic Responsibility and Narrative Theory” (2001), and Lorraine Code’s book,Epis