Literary Journalism in the United States of America and Slovenia

Slovenia is acquiring some literary journalism written by Slovene journalists and writers. Author Sonja Merljak Zdovc suggests that more Slovene writers should prefer literary journalism because nonfiction is based on truth, facts, and data and appeals more to readers interested in real world stories. The honest, precise, profound, and sophisticated voice of literary journalism is becoming increasingly good for newspaper circulation, as it reaches not just the mind but also the heart of the reader. Thus, the world of Slovene journalism should also take a turn towards the stylized literary journalism seen in the United States. There, journalists and writers realize that through literary journalism they could perhaps end a general decline of traditional print media by restoring to readers stories that uncover the universal struggle of the human condition.

Literary Journalism in the United States and Slovenia assists us in understanding an international comparative literary journalism as we construct the critical pattern in this nascent area of study. And for that, all scholars of the genre can be grateful.

Sonja Merljak Zdovc, (Ph.D.), is assistant faculty member in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana and a feature writer working for the national daily newspaper Delo.