My research on impact of covering trauma on literary journalists to be presented at March 2012 American Comparative Literature Assoc. (ACLA) conference, Brown Univ. Authors studied: Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Hunter Thompson, Michael Herr, Ted Conover, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. Research question: What are the emotional effects of extended immersion in conflict, crime, disaster, war and other hazardous reporting on literary journalists? Read More