Abstract
As much of literary journalism work is confronted with the boundaries of the sometimes strongly demarcated genres of literature and journalism, writers feel they should be extra alert about presenting an acceptable and persuasive ethos. This negotiation of ethos takes place within the text, but it can also be influenced by extratextual elements such as the position of the journalist or writer in the cultural domain. A significant case in point is a 575-page nonfiction work written by the famous Dutch literary journalist Geert Mak. In his Travels Without John: In Search of America, he describes his 2010 journey through the USA, following the tracks of John Steinbeck who traveled exactly 50 years earlier and published his Travels with Charley: In Search of America in 1962. The arduous confrontation with this source text is striking, and it reveals some risks and pitfalls of literary journalism projects.
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