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Submersion Journalism: Reporting In The Radical First Person From Harper's Magazine (2008)

by Bill Wasik(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1595583939 (ISBN13: 9781595583932)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

New Press, The

review 1: Marked as "read," but I was actually too bored to finish these essays. Aside from one in which the author joins a group of men who have traveled to Europe to find wives, many of these essays hardly qualify as journalism so much as, "Here's a unique environment, let me hang out here a bit and then tell you about it but without any real plot." Yes, the environment was unique, but you've got to give me - the reader - a bit more than that. In several, the author clearly had a backstory they weren't sharing completely, which made the narrative confusing; in others, they failed to provide any meaningful motive for even writing said essay. I'd pass on this collection.
review 2: Submersion JournalismAs the print media is slowly dying, there is still some great writing ... morethat appears, even on the left. Submersion Journalism edited by Bill Wasik is a collection of some of the finest works of longer essays first published in Harper’s magazine. Although there is not much in the book that I believe in politically, I can say that the writing is top notch, even if the tone and actions are deplorable.Submersion Journalism is sort of a new take on Gonzo, with so many people wanting to be the next Hunter S. Thompson (though none ever will). The idea is for the writer to join a group or subculture to which he does not belong and write about what happens. Usually this is the type of work that serves to mock people and make a point, nothing truly meaningful tends to emerge, but that is my take. Read for yourself… less

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