Literary Journalism Studies Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2018 Information for Contributors 4 Note from the Editor 5 Spotlight Indigenous Literary Journalism: Five Essays 8 “Nobody Has Asked Us This Question Yet”: Literary Journalism and Reporting in German Media on Recent Immigration by Hendrik Michael 70 The Role of Imagination in Literary Journalism by Lindsay Morton 92 The Journalist Who Was Always Late: Time and Temporality in Literary Journalism by Christopher Wilson 112 Teaching LJ The Write Stuff: Opportunities & Obstacles in the LJ Classroom by Jeffrey C. Neely, Mitzi Lewis, John Hanc, and Robin Reid 140 Research Review Recent Trends and Topics in Literary Journalism Scholarship by Roberta and Miles Maguire 160 Scholar-Practitioner Q+A Maria Bustillos, Colin Harrison, Leslie Jamison, Joel Lovell, Michelle Orange, Jeff Sharlet, and John Jeremiah Sullivan discuss David Foster Wallace’s Nonfiction Writing by Josh Roiland 174 Book Review Essay The Tech Threat: Literary Journalism in the Age of Interruption by Jacqueline Marino 200 Book Reviews Sheila Webb on Patsy Sims’s The Stories We Tell, Doug Underwood on Linda Wagner-Martin’s Hemingway’s Wars, Brian Gabrial on Duncan McCue’s The Shoe Boy and Taylor Lambert’s Darwin’s Moving, Fiona Giles on Glenn Mor- rison’s Writing Home, Nancy Roberts on Kent Nerburn’s Native Echoes, and Bill Reynolds on Deborah Campbell’s A Disappearance in Damascus 209 Mission Statement 230 International Association for Literary Journalism Studies 231 2 Literary Journalism Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 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 Eason Associate Editors Tobias Eberwein, Shelley Fisher Fishkin Leonora Flis, Kathy Roberts Forde William Dow Brian Gabrial, Ellen Garvey American University of Paris Susan Greenberg, Vera Hanna, France Roberto Herrscher, Tim Holmes Beate Josephi, Richard Lance Keeble Miles Maguire Willa McDonald, Jenny McKay University of Wisconsin Isabelle Meuret, John J. Pauly Oshkosh, United States Guillaume Pinson, Josh Roiland Barry Siegel, Norman Sims, Isabel Soares Roberta S. Maguire Marie-Ève Thérenty, Alice Donat Trindade University of Wisconsin Andie Tucher, Doug Underwood Oshkosh, United States Jan Whitt, Christopher P. Wilson, Marcia R. Prior-Miller Sonja Merljak Zvodc Iowa State University, Ames Designer United States Anthony DeRado Book Review Editor Web Administrator Nancy L. Roberts University at Albany, SUNY Nicholas Jackson United States Editorial Assistants 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. 1, Spring 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 . wo years ago, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at the Eleventh TInternational Conference for Literary Journalism Studies, during one of the Q&A sessions, a somewhat free-form discussion broke out. After Jennifer Martin pre- sented a piece of research from her dissertation, members of the audience began to talk about Aboriginal literary journalism, about North American Indigenous literary journalism, about Latin American Indian literary journal- ism—and, ultimately, about whether these forms existed and if they did what might be some examples. Martin triggered this discussion because, among other things, she focused on the work of Melissa Lucashenko, a feature writer who up until that point had been the only Indigenous journalist ever to win the prestigious Walkley Award, Australia’s version of the Pulitzers. After the conference I sent a few emails around. I asked if anyone might be interested in pursuing this idea further. I did have an ulterior motive. The Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued ninety-four Calls to Action, one of which called for journalism schools in Canada to improve their methods of teaching students how to report on Indigenous issues. As for the call to build a panel on the subject, it turned out that Martin was in- terested, as were Pablo Calvi from Stony Brook and John Coward from Tulsa. Another event happened in May 2016. The chair of the Ryerson School of Journalism, Janice Neil, invited CBC journalist and University of British Co- lumbia journalism instructor Duncan McCue to deliver a half-day seminar in reporting on Indigenous issues. One of the fascinating aspects of McCue’s talk was his recommendations for how we teach students to report on Indigenous communities. He said a journalist cannot expect to walk up to a person in an Indigenous community, ask a few questions, get a few answers, walk away, and write it up. It just does not happen that way. The journalist has to spend time to get to know people. The people have to spend time to get to know the jour- nalist. People living in an Indigenous community, by and large, are not going to open up and talk. There are layers of trust that must be built. The more McCue talked, the more I realized that what he was describing was fairly close to the philosophy and strategies of literary journalism and immersion reporting, and to some degree magazine feature writing. At the break I asked McCue whether he agreed with my assessment, and he said he loved magazine feature writing and that kind of deep immersion, and, yes, in his opinion there was indeed a similarity. 6 Literary Journalism Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2018 My next question to McCue was: Would he happen to know of any In- digenous literary journalists who write these sorts of stories, writers I might consider including in my courses? People, say, who have written excellent, long, immersive features? I was looking to play my little part and introduce Indigenous literary journalism in my course syllabi. McCue mentioned a couple of names—one of whom, Dan David, I decided to research and write about for the Halifax conference and, subsequently, for this issue—but be- yond that he said he would have to get back to me. I approached McCue again a few months later. I asked him if he might participate in a panel on Indigenous literary journalism. He said he would. The panel of five was set, and the panel topic was accepted for the Twelfth International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies, held in Halifax.