"In 1965, Tom Wolfe, himself, was a journalistic outlander. When Kandy-Kolored came out, Dwight McDonald, a self-described defender of tradition, wrote 4000 words in The New York Review Of Books about how much he hated the whole concept. And I mean hated it.
A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called 'parajournalism,' from the Greek para, 'beside' or 'against': something similar in form but different in function ... Parajournalism seems to be journalism -- 'the collection and dissemination of current news' -- but the appearance is deceptive. It is a bastard form, having it both ways, exploiting the factual authority of journalism and the atmospheric license of fiction. Entertainment rather than information is the aim of its producers, and the hope of its consumers.Could a writing outlander ask for higher praise from the tired, old, snobbish, writerly establishment? No!"
(Martha Woodroof, NPR)
