Tom Wolfe

WATCH: Tom Wolfe Takes Miami

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Video, Back to Blood, The Bonfire of Vanities, Satirist Miami, Oscar Corral, Miami News, Books About Miami, Columbus Day Regatta, Blood Lines, Miami Herald, Miami News

MIAMI -- Oscar Corral thought someone was yanking his chain the day the phone rang at The Miami Herald newsroom and a soft-spoken voice with just a hi...

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Failing Upward: An Interview With the Indispensable George Gurley

David Coggins | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Beatrice Inn, Peter Kaplan, New York Observer, George Gurley, David Coggins, Tom Wolfe, Anthony Lane, Chateau Marmont, Arts News
David Coggins

His dispatches from the front lines of New York society evolved into reportage of Gurley's own exploits in boîtes he patronized until he stumbled home, or was ejected, with his dignity in disarray.

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Centenary of Influence -- Undervalued By Mainstream

David Tereshchuk | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Timothy Leary, Tom Wolfe, Lewis Lapham, Medium-Is-the-Message, Marshall McLuhan, Media Criticism, Global Village, Media, Media News
David Tereshchuk

This declining year has been the centennial of Marshall McLuhan's birth -- the man who was, if not the father or godfather, then at least our leading prophet of media-driven political and social change.

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Hemingway at War, America in Crisis

Brent Budowsky | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: American Century, Stop Complaining, Poverty, Right Stuff, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Economic Crisis, Nuclear Arms Race, A Farewell to Arms, Ronald Reagan, War, Ernest Hemingway, Camelot, Joblessness, Unfair Economy, Greatest Generation, Fascism, Tom Wolfe, Courage, Wealth, Heroism, John F Kennedy, Arab Spring, Nancy Reagan, Shared Purpose, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

We can read about the carnage of war in A Farewell to Arms, and the power of great aspirations in For Whom the Bell Tolls, and consider what each of us can do in our times by remembering what Ernest Hemingway and so many others did in theirs.

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Literary References In The Simpsons

Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Lisa Simpson, Jonathan Franzen, The Joy Luck Club, Jack Kerouac, The Atlantic, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Matt Groening, The Bell Jar, Amy Tan, The Simpsons, Lisa Simpson Book Club, Arts News

With the 23rd season of The Simpsons premiering on Sunday, America's longest-running sitcom is still going strong. Despite the perennial complaints ab...

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HuffPost Review: Magic Trip

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Lsd, Alison Ellwood, Deadhead, Ken Kesey, Jack Kerouac, Alex Gibney, Grateful Dead, Magic Trip, Dean Moriarty, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Bus Trip, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Movies, New York World's Fair 1964, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Tom Wolfe, On the Road, Further, Magic Trip Movie Review, Neal Cassady, Merry Pranksters, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

You don't have to be a Deadhead or a Ken Kesey-phile to find the fun and the wistfulness in Magic Trip, Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood's reconstruction of the famous cross-country bus trip by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

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The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books

guardian.co.uk | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Samuel Pepys, Tom Wolfe, James Boswell, Best Books, Best Non-Fiction Books, Herodotus, Gertrude Stein, Non Fiction Books, Books News

After keen debate at the Guardian's books desk, this is our list of the very best factual writing, organised by category, and then by date. ...

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Rebuilding Edith Wharton's House of Mirth

Lev Raphael | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Edith Wharton, Book News, Tom Wolfe, Publishing, The House of Mirth, Books, American Eve, Conspicuous Consumption, Novels, Gilded Age, Bonfire of the Vanities, New York, Robber Barons, American Literature, Wall Street, Books News
Lev Raphael

Certain books change your life, and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth changed mine. The novel's brilliance blew me away in college, deepening my desi...

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Thirty Years Of Sublime Rock 'n' Roll: A Conversation With Marshall Crenshaw, Plus Chatting With Petra Haden, Cory Mon and Wes Kirkpatrick

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Losers Take All, Whit Smith, The Eagles, Ira Kaplan, The Bulgarian Female Vocal Choir, Hot Club of Cow Town, Rich Kienzle, Robert Crenshaw, Rachmaninoff, Chad Weiss, The Milo Twins, Marshall Crenshaw, Cheap Trick, The Byrds, Albert Einstein, David Byrne, Keith Jarrett, Bug Music, Alan Betrock, John C. Reilly, Ronnie Spector, The Stooges, Jaron Lanier, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, If by Yes, The Move, Bach, La Bamba, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Sam Phillips, Tom Wolfe, Stefan Sagmeister, Yuko Araki, Nick Lowe, Debussy, Hirotaka Shimizu, Richard Goddard, Robert Gordon, Owen Paul, Nilsson, Phil Spector, Jake Riviera, Beatlemania, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Bo Diddley, Petra Haden, The Louvin Brothers, Yo La Tengo, Bill Frisell, Cory Mon, Guitar Hero, Erik Satie, David Richman, Karen Berg, Steve Reich, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Yoko Ono, Cory Mon & the Starlight Gospel, The Foo Fighters, You Are Not a Gadget, Empire Records, Razor & Tie, Buck Owens, Danny Tamberelli, Nickelodeon, Gin Blossoms, The Ventures, Rock Band, Marti Jones, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Graham Maby, City Winery, Wes Kirkpatrick, Keigo, Cornelius, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Back in 1981, Marshall Crenshaw's single "Something's Gonna Happen" was released on Shake Records, initiating his string of critically acclaimed classic albums and 45s. Now Marshall, celebrating 30 years of music-making, sits down to talk.

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St. Patrick's Day Aftermath: The Best Books For A Hangover (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Hangover Books, Hangover-Themed Books, Charles Bukowski, Post Office, Vanity Fair, St Patricks Day, Best Hangover Books, Slidepollajax, Books News

A few years ago, Inigo Thomas wrote in Slate: “If remorse is one part of the hangover, so is resolve — the refusal to give into the worst of it....

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Blue Valentine: Reviewing the Reviewers

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ryan Gosling, Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Michelle Williams, Somerset Maugham, Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine, Rotten Tomatoes, Entertainment News
Melody Breyer-Grell

I did not go see Blue Valentine with the goal of writing a review. My exasperation was brought on by my belief that the reviewers of this film missed some of the film's real messages.

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The Pen Name Is Mightier Than the Sword Name

Jeff Klima | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funny, Literature, Tom Wolfe, Names, Publishing, Free Spirit, Humor, Dawn Steele, Writing, Books, Hats, Mystery, Michael Crichton, Pen Names, Comedy News
Jeff Klima

Congratulations, you've decided to completely devote yourself to the endless, droning monotony that is professional writing. On the world's s...

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Real-Life "Bonfire" Judge Roberts Dies

AP | BETH J. HARPAZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burton B. Roberts, Tom Wolfe, Deaths, Bonfire of the Vanities, Books, Ny News, Obituaries, Obituary, Obits, New York News

NEW YORK — Burton B. Roberts, the outspoken judge who was the model for the cranky jurist in "The Bonfire of the Vanities," has died. He was 88....

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Ken Kesey And 'Acid Christ'

Mark Christensen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe He Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Ken Kesey Biography, Gus Van Sant, Ken Kesey Acid Christ, Ken Kesey Bio, Slidepollajax, Ken Kesey Book, Books News
Mark Christensen

Ken Kesey, the "undisputed King of the Counter Culture" who during the early 1960s became America's top new literary light, then -- fueled by Sandoz 25 LSD -- abruptly ditched his day job as the next Norman Mailer to become a sort of proto acid Christ.

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Edith Wharton, Tom Wolfe And More

flavorwire.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writer Outfits, Tom Wolfe, Writer's Outfits, Tom Wolfe Outfit, Tom Wolfe Suit, Best-Dressed Authors, Best Dressed Writers, Edith Wharton, Books News

hen it comes to writers' fashion choices, most people know better than to judge a book by its cover. Although most authors are more closely associated...

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Chick Lit? Women's Literature? Why Not Just ... Literature?

Diane Meier | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Chick Lit, Diane Meyer Chick Lit, Diane Meier, Meier, Tom Wolfe, Beach Book, Gail Caldwell, Birkin Bag, Beach Reads, Jimmy Choo, Ed Mcbain, Books We Love, Books News
Diane Meier

My early reviews were gratifying and the consumer reviews from the Amazon Vine readers were all five star. Except one: "My Chick Lit Loving Wife Hated This Book," read the headline.

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They're Parasites

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Goldman Sachs, Financial Crisis, Sen. Carl Levin, Parasites, Wall Street, Bonfire of the Vanities, Marketism, George W. Bush, Business News
Robert S. McElvaine

While "pirates," "banksters," "roaches," and "leeches" are all apt words to describe the arrogant Wall Streeters we saw testifying this week, there is a more accurate scientific term -- it is time to call a parasite a parasite.

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Enough of comic-book movies

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: M. Night Shymalan, Man From U.N.C.L.E., Marvel Universe, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Kick-Ass, X-Men, Wild Wild West, Unbreakable, Red Sonja, I Spy, Land of the Lost, Iron Man, Return of the Jedi, Tom Wolfe, Comic Book Movies, Red Dawn, Overboard, The Matrix, Clerks, Quentin Tarantino, Gilligan's Island, Inglourious Basterds, Batman Begins, Spider-Man, The Losers, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

There are a lot of elements of modern cinema on which I'd like to see a moratorium declared. Let's start with remakes - particularly remakes of reall...

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Damned Dapper: The Preppy "Go-to-Hell" Look

Christian Chensvold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Wasps, Preppy, Menswear, Brooks Brothers, Pastel, Boston, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Preppy Style, New England, Style News
Christian Chensvold

Put on a fresh pot of coffee and settle down for what is, as far as I know, the first-ever history of the whimsical WASP penchant for madras blazers, lobster-embroidered trousers, and sweaters in pink and kelly green.

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Magic and Self-Loathing in Berkeley: Michael Lewis on Becoming a Writer

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michiko Kakutani, Tom Wolfe, Liar's Poker, Wall Street, Jim Fallows, Hunter Thompson, The Big Short, Michael Lewis, Nick Leamann, Felix Salmon, Michael Kinsley, Star Lawrence, Salomon, Books News
Alicia Whitaker

Speaking over lunch in a Midtown bistro, Michael Lewis and I had a conversation about how he became a writer, who has influenced him, and how he conjures the motivation to write.

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Arnold Beichman Dead: Anti-Communist Author And Scholar Dies At 96

The Washington Post | Emma Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arnold Beichman Dead, Tom Wolfe, Books, Washington Times, Arnold Beichman, Nine Lies About America, Authors, Books News

Arnold Beichman, 96, an author, scholar and influential polemicist best remembered for his sharply anti-communist writings, died Feb. 17 in Pasadena, ...

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Are We Prejudiced Against Books Just When We Need Them Most?

Steve Leveen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Triathalon, Swimming, Literacy, Tom Wolfe, Scuba Diving, Kayaking, Total Immersion, Moby Dick, Books, Books News
Steve Leveen

There is book learning and then there is real world learning, and we tend to think that learning in the real world is more valuable and genuine. I believe this is prejudice of the worst kind.

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Tom Wolfe: The Rich Have Feelings Too - Vanity Fair

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Do the Rich Have Feelings, The Rich, Bonfire of the Vanities, Vanity Fair, Business News

Do the rich have feelings too? In the latest issue of Vanity Fair, Tom Wolfe, who famously chronicled the buyout kings of the 1980s in The Bonfire Of ...

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Bonfire of the Insanities

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dow Industrial, Tom Wolfe, Dan Dorfman, Bonfire of the Vanities, Stock Market, Business News
Dan Dorfman

With mounting evidence of better days ahead for both the economy and the stock market, many bears have toned down their negative comments and are running for cover. Bud Conrad is not among them.

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Please, Dear Novelists - Get Real

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fiction, Novels, Tom Wolfe, Dave Eggers, Aravind Adiga, Slumdog Millionaire, Journalism, New Journalism, Between the Assassinations, Booker Prize, Media News
Johann Hari

The Slumdog Kill-ionaire is back, and he is reminding us how exhilarating fiction can be when novelists finally leave their seminar rooms and dive into the real world.

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