Dispatches from the Drownings
B. J. Hollars
University of New Mexico Press 
Belletristik / Essays, Feuilleton, Literaturkritik, Interviews
Beschreibung
Disturbed by stories of drownings in the river behind his home in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, writer B. J. Hollars combed the archives of local newspapers only to discover vast discrepancies in articles about the deaths. In homage to Michael Lesy’s cult classic, Wisconsin Death Trip, Hollars pairs reports from late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century journalists with fictional versions, creating a hybrid text complete with facts, lies, and a wide range of blurring in between. Charles Van Schaick’s macabre, staged photographs from the era appear alongside the dispatches, further complicating the messiness of history and the limits of truth.
Kundenbewertungen
fiction, journalism, death, Chippewa River, Charles Van Schaick, Wisconsin Death Trip, nonfiction, Wisconsin, Michael Lesy, BJ Hollars, drowning, genre blending, Eau Claire, Eau Claire River, Black River Falls, photography