The Undeclared War Between Journalism and Fiction

" Underwood' s impressive study is a testament to the evolution of scholarship in artistic nonfiction . . . [He] deftly addresses several themes that are essential to ongoing conversations about American literature and literary journalism . . . [The book] embodies meticulous documentation, and challenges readers to reconsider the impact of the ongoing dance that occurs even now along the boundary between journalism and fiction. " - American Journalist

" Doug Underwood offers a fresh, accessible, and far-reaching investigation of the tensions between fact and fiction, reportage and novel-writing. In its exploration of how journalist - both in and out of the newsroom - engaged a ' story-telling impulse' in their quest for meaningful prose, The Undeclared War Between Journalism and Fiction stands as an important contribution to the interconnected studies of journalistic and literary histories. " - Karen Roggenkamp, Associate Professor of English, Texas A& M University-Commerce, USA