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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person from Harper's Magazineby Bill Wasik
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Fifteen sparkling works of inside-out reportage'"Harper's own house brand of "Submersion Journalism"'"an unapologetically aggressive approach to reporting in an age of lies. Book News Annotation:The 15 articles, selected and introduced by the magazine's editors,
are from the first decade of the 21st century. Among the titles are
Undercover with Florida's Republican Shock Troops, A Life and Death
in the Narcotics Trade, A Mammogram Leads to a Cult of Pink Kitsch,
On the Great Ukrainian Bride Hunt, A Report from the Inventor of the
Flash Mob, and My Summer as a Military Propagandist in Iraq.
Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Review:With articles by Charles Bowden, Adam Davidson, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steve Featherstone, Kristoffer A. Garin, Gary Greenberg, Jay Kirk, Willem Marx, Morgan Meis, Jeff Sharlet, Jake Silverstein, Ken Silverstein, Wells Tower, WilliamT. Vollmann, Bill Wasik Review:[...] I was particularly intrigued by Submersion Journalismwhich includes work by Wells Tower, an excellent but not terribly well-known journalist who contributes to Harper's, The Believer, Washington Post Magazineand others. Review:A dazzling intellectual immersion....Consistently challenging, even demanding, Harper's power is in its ability to cause sometimes subtle, sometimes seismic shifts in a reader's world view. '"National Magazine Award citation for General Excellence, 2006 Review:A smart, psychic publicist at The New Press sent me a review copy of Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person from Harper's Magazineedited by Bill Wasik as she thought I might want to blog about it. She was right; investigative reporters are my heroes. I can't wait to read it. --Gina Hyams, Gina's Blog of Curiosities Review:The New Press recently published Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person. It is a great anthology, chock full of fantastic articles originally published in Harper"smagazine." Review:Submersion Journalism: Reporting in the Radical First Person From Harper"s Magazinecame out that day and includes a piece by Monthly staffer [J]ake Silverstein ['] Review:Daily Book Pick, October 24, 2008. About the AuthorBill Wasik is a senior editor at Harper's Magazineand the author of My Crowd: Experiments in Viral Culture.He lives in New York.Roger D. Hodge is the editor of Harper's Magazine. He lives in New York. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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