This course examines collisions and collusions between fact and fiction emblematic of the genre of writing known as, New Journalism. Throughout the semester, we will explore writings by authors such as (but, not limited to) Eve Babitz, Truman Capote, Joan Didion, Gay Talese, and Tom Wolfe to analyze texts by writers associated with galvanizing the New Journalism movement in the late-20th century. Additionally, we will peruse selected texts by JT LeRoy (a writer of “transgressive fiction”), and also Hunter S. Thompson (renowned for codifying the sub-genre of New Journalism known as “Gonzo Journalism”) to ascertain approaches to and methods of writing that are similar to (but not quite) those of New Journalism.