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more about #tomwolfe more comments → Smitros: But in his defense, he did get an award for I Am Charlotte Simmons. That award was for worst passage of sex writing, but what the hey. more » Hands: I'd never read anything by him until A Man in Full and that because it was set in Atlanta where I lived at the time. It was a good story but badly tol... more » God: For once I would like to ask you all a question, my children: why does a man who dresses like this get taken seriously? more » Awesome X: Thomas Friedman's version would've begun, "I was standing in a long line at the airport." more » skahammer: Anyhow the writing's not bad as long as you can forget that this story was almost certainly inspired by Tom Wolfe standing in a long line at the airpo... more » TheHonJudgeSmails: If we've tolerated Gore Vidal for the last twenty years based upon what were, at best, middling literary accomplishments earlier in his career, Tom Wo... more » T.S._delegate: Well, you gotta give him a little credit for attempting hetero-banker talk. The first draft of that sentence was: "Oh dear, I reaaaaaally need to nai... more » southernbitch: at this point, it's fairly obvious that he must be suffering from some sort of dementia. there is no way he seriously thinks what he writes or says a... more » irishflyesq: In other what-else-is-new news, irishflyesq is playing computer solitaire and trying to avoid actual work. more » paxcincinnatus: "He decided to write about the wealthy this time! Surprise! Working title: "My Saturday Was Better Than Yours." more » depardoo: I gave up my subscription when I won the cartoon captioning contest and they attributed the caption to some guy in Texas. Never replied to my three or... more » HiredGoons: I prefer Harper's, but have subscriptions to both. It's still pretty good, esp. Art coverage. more » MyraCaballa: I stopped reading the NYer when it stopped being Wallace Shawn's NYer. I think of it now as just another vehicle for soft core porn in Conde Nast's po... more » Peter Feld: Can someone tell me - who was the New Yorker writer who several years ago wrote a book about being a failure at age 50 after his contract wasn't renew... more » ginger rant: I agree that The New Yorker is the best magazine we've got, but I have to ask this once again: is Remnick worth the $1 million salary Wikipedia says h... more » -
#newthings
Tom Wolfe Writes Story About Rich People
White-all-over author Tom Wolfe has a new, extremely well-compensated (we imagine) short story in Vanity Fair. He decided to write about the wealthy this time! Yet he retains that flair for authentic dialogue he displayed in I Am Charlotte Simmons. More » -
#history
The New Yorker's Great Wall of Silence
Dan Baum chronicled the loss of his New Yorker gig on Twitter. His story—and the New Yorker's own reaction—is a great reminder that America's best magazine still runs itself like a secret society. More » -
#glaringomissions
Tom Wolfe Writes a Letter to The New Yorker In the Third Person
Well, partly in the third person. The famous youth culture expert wrote to complain about critic Alex Ross. More » -
#oldmen
Tom Wolfe Explains Hip Hop
Friend of the commoner Tom Wolfe is all white on the outside. But don't judge. The Observer caught up with the fancy author and had him explain what the rappers are talking about (SEX): More » -
