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LITERARY JOURNALISM STUDIES LITERARY Solveig Brandal on Åsne Seierstad, Matthew Ricketson on the Wolfe Archives Return address: Literary Journalism Studies School of Journalism Ryerson University Literary Journalism Studies 350 Victoria Street Vol. 10, No. 2, Fall 2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3 In This Issue n Looking Back, Looking Forward Thomas B. Connery / The Early Days of Scholarship John S. Bak / The IALJS Origin Story David Abrahamson / The LJS Origin Story Sophie Wu / An Analysis of LJS Scholarship, 2009–2017 Nancy L. Roberts / The Next Ten Years Isabel Soares / The View from Portugal Willa McDonald / The View from Australia I Sue Joseph / The View from Australia II Beate Josephi / The View from Australia III Susan Greenberg / The View from United Kingdom I Anniversary Richard Lance Keeble / The View from United Kingdom II Issue n Research/ Solveig Brandal / The Bookseller of Kabul and Harem Literature n Research / Matthew Ricketson / In the Wolfe Archives 10, NO. 2, VOL. n Digital LJ / Designing a Multimedia Platform for Students n SPQ+A / Kate McQueen talks to science writer Ed Jong n Essay / Roberto Herrscher on Gabriel García Márquez’s Nonfiction FALL 2018 Published at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University 1845 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, United States The Journal of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies Literary Journalism Studies Vol. 10, No. 2, Fall 2018 Information for Contributors 4 Note from the Editor 5 Rememberance: John J. Pauly by Thomas B. Connery 10 Ljs Tenth Anniversary: Looking Back, Looking Forward David Abrahamson, John S. Bak, Thomas B. Connery, Brian Gabrial, Susan Greenberg, Sue Joseph, Beate Josephi, Richard Lance Keeble, Willa McDonald, Nancy L. Roberts, Isabel Soares, and Sophie Wu 18 Literary Journalist as Woman Traveler: The Legacy of Harem Literature in The Bookseller of Kabul by Solveig Brandal 114 “What inna namea christ is this?” Origins of Tom Wolfe’s Journalistic Voice by Matthew Ricketson 138 Keynote Address, IALIS-13, Vienna Immersion and the Subjective: Intentional Experience as Research by Ted Conover 162 Digital LJ Reading in 4-D: Designing a Digital Multimedia Platform for Teaching Literary Journalism by Christopher P. Wilson 174 Scholar-Practitioner Q+A An Interview with Science Journalist Ed Yong by Kate McQueen 190 Book Review Essay Márquez’s Three Nonfiction Books: A Trilogy on Fear and Resilience by Roberto Herrscher 206 Book Reviews John McPhee’s Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process, Michael Finkel’s The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit, Carolyn M. Edy’s The Woman War Correspondent, the U.S. Military, and the Press 1846–1947, and Porter Fox’s Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey along America’s Forgotten Border 217 Mission Statement 228 International Association for Literary Journalism Studies 229 2 Literary Journalism Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, Fall 2018 Copyright © 2018 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 R. Thomas Berner, Myriam Boucharenc Canada Robert S. Boynton, Thomas B. Connery Juan Domingues, David O. Dowling David Eason, Tobias Eberwein, Associate Editors Shelley Fisher Fishkin, Leonora Flis William Dow Kathy Roberts Forde, Brian Gabrial American University of Paris Susan Greenberg, Roberto Herrscher France Tim Holmes, Sue Joseph, Beate Josephi Richard Lance Keeble, Jacqueline Marino Miles Maguire Willa McDonald, Jenny McKay University of Wisconsin Isabelle Meuret, Lindsay Morton Oshkosh, United States John J. Pauly, Guillaume Pinson Josh Roiland, Norman Sims, Isabel Soares Roberta S. Maguire Linda Steiner, Marie-Ève Thérenty University of Wisconsin Alice Donat Trindade, DougUnderwood Oshkosh, United States Julie Wheelwright, Jan Whitt Christopher P. Wilson Marcia R. Prior-Miller Sonja Merljak Zvodc Iowa State University, Ames United States Designer Anthony DeRado Book Review Editor Nancy L. Roberts Web Administrator University at Albany, SUNY Nicholas Jackson United States Editorial Assistant Publisher Abby Stauffer David Abrahamson Northwestern University Founding Editor 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. 10, No. 2, Fall 2018 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 . Well, How Did We Get Here? lready our tenth anniversary is upon us, and what a Asleek, limber decade it has been. We’ve had a most excellent ride, some- times a little bumpy production-wise, but still rolling, still dreaming. In this special edition you will find origin stories from several writers (more of which below). But first, please allow me to tell you my own small origin story. In Sep- tember 2005 I presented a paper at a conference called Mapping the Maga- zine 2, in Cardiff, Wales on metaphor in literary journalism, using for case studies books by John Vaillant and William Langewiesche. It went fine and I met scholars like David Abrahamson of Northwestern University and Jenny McKay, then of Stirling University in Scotland. Jenny was fun to talk to be- cause the considerations of our field are so different in the U.K., and I was pleased to find out that her husband was Simon Frith, the rock critic who once filed a monthly column for Creem magazine, which I had read reli- giously as a teenager. The next winter, Jenny emailed about a conference in May. She did not say the organizer was desperate and would take just about anybody; she said it looked like something I might like. I said, sure. Would there be anyone else I knew, she wondered? I remembered chatting with David in Cardiff, so I emailed him. What’s your phone number, he emailed back. David’s style is to pick up a telephone.