![]() ![]() ![]() After an engrossing introduction retracing Wolfe's seminal essay, as well as precursors to Wolfe and the new journalism vanguard, Boynton turns his attention to craft. ![]() However, creative approaches to narrative that Wolfe's essay inspired and the uneasy marriage of fact and fiction that some nonfiction writers depend on are not the focus of Robert S. It didn't just raise the profile of nonfiction writing: It opened a floodgate of narrative approaches to the form, some of which have created tensions between those who bank on the side of accurate reportage and painstaking research, and those who create truth from dubious sources and anecdotal evidence (as in the case of Edmund Morris' Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan, for instance). ![]() At the same time, Wolfe's work is a significant touchstone. Used interchangeably, the terms create as much consternation as Wolfe's original essay. Thompson) have followed in the wake of Wolfe's manifesto praising nonfiction and journalistic writing. Vintage, 304 pp., $13.95 (paper) When Tom Wolfe's introduction to The New Journalism appeared in the 1970s, did he anticipate the semantic fallout his term would create? Nebulous terms like "creative nonfiction," "literary nonfiction," and even "gonzo journalism" (thanks to the late Hunter S. The New New Journalism: Conversations with America's Best Nonfiction Writers on Their Craft ![]()
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