But in the grand scheme of things, immersion journalism and other forms of narrative nonfiction, such as memoir, have done more for me as a reader than as a writer, allowing me to vicariously experience things I’d be too much of a wuss to ever even try, and to consider versions of life that generally feel out of reach.
Over at Ploughshares, Steph Auteri shares how literary nonfiction books help her flee from everyday life’s routine more than novels and fiction stories ever have.
