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Immersion - A Writer`s Guide to Going Deep (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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Immersion - A Writer`s Guide to Going Deep (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing and Publishing (CHUP)
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Over three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails
with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded
prisoners in Sing Sing, and inspected meat for the USDA. His books
and articles chronicling these experiences, including the
award-winning Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, have made him one of the
premier practitioners of immersion reporting. In immersion
reporting a literary cousin to ethnography, travel writing, and
memoir the writer fully steps into a new world or culture,
participating in its trials, rites, and rituals as a member of the
group. The end results of these firsthand experiences are familiar
to us from bestsellers such as Nickel and Dimed and Behind the
Beautiful Forevers. But in a world of wary strangers, where does
one begin? Conover distills decades of knowledge into an accessible
resource aimed at writers of all levels. He covers how to "get
into" a community, how to conduct oneself once inside, and how to
shape and structure the stories that emerge. Conover is also
forthright about the ethics and consequences of immersion
reporting, preparing writers for the surprises that often surface
when their piece becomes public. Throughout, Conover shares
anecdotes from his own experiences as well as from other well-known
writers in this genre, including Alex Kotlowitz, Anne Fadiman, and
Sebastian Junger. It's a deep-in-the-trenches book that all
aspiring immersion writers should have in hand as they take that
first leap into another world.
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