Literary Journalism

Many of the literary pieces you have read throughout this course are the work of a writer who began his or her career as a journalist: Mark Twain, Langston Hughes, John Steinbeck, Walt Whitman, and many more. Some of the most unforgettable American literature is credited to these writers. However, journalism is a very different literary form.

In this topic, you will study the writing conventions that belong to literary journalism.

Essential Questions

• What is literary journalism?
• How do writers use literary journalism?