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Literary Journalism Goes Inside Prison: Just Sentences opens up a
new exploration of literary journalism – immersive, long-form
journalism so beautifully written that it can stand as literature
– in the first anthology to examine literary journalism and
prison. In this book, a wide range of compelling subjects are
considered. These include Nelson Mandela and other prisoners of
apartheid; the made-in-prison podcast Ear Hustle; women’s
experiences of life behind bars; Behrouz Boochani’s 2018
bestseller No Friend but the Mountains; George Orwell’s artful
writing on incarceration; Pete Earley’s immersion into the
largest prison in the United States, The Hot House; Arthur Koestler
and the Spanish Civil War; Ted Conover’s year as a prison guard
in Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing and (most originally) Bruce
Springsteen’s execution narrative Nebraska. This volume will
benefit anyone who writes, studies or teaches any form of narrative
nonfiction. Eleven international scholars articulate what makes the
work they are analysing so exceptional. At the same time, they
offer insights on a diverse range of vital topics. These include
journalism ethics, journalism and trauma, media history, cultural
studies, criminology and social justice.
Charles Dickens, celebrated novelist and journalist, believed that
his greatest ability as a writer was to make people laugh. Yet, to
date, humor has been strangely marginalized in journalism,
communication and media studies. This innovative book draws
together the work of seventeen writers to show that, starting in
the 1640s during the English Civil War, and continuing through to
the present time, humor has indeed been an important ingredient of
journalism. Countries studied include Australia, Britain, Canada,
Chile and the United States. The Funniest Pages is divided into
four sections: "Seriously Funny, From Past to Present," "Unsolemn
Columnists," "This Sporting Life" and a final section, "Have Mouse,
Will Laugh," which looks at humor in online journalism. Chapters
examine Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and the birth of social and
political satire; Allen Ginsberg, Mad magazine, and the culture
wars of the 1950s; John Clarke and the power of satire in
journalism, and more.
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