1. Tom Wolfe is an interesting example of the benefits of reading your opponents. He was politically conservative but very much shaped by the proletarian & socialist novels of 1930s.
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5. I'm not a fan of Wolfe's novels, which are ... what's the word I'm looking for .... cringe-inducing. Especially when he tried to adopt voice of a co-ed. But he really did something special with journalism.
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So he became a chronicler of the WASP overcaste? Overthinking is real.
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He benefitted from working at the New York Herald Tribune in its final, glorious autumn, when the newspaper combined its long tradition of solid writing with bold experiments aimed at saving the newspaper. (Which ultimately failed but left a lasting mark on journalism.)
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@HeerJeet dropping his link at the bottom of a tweet storm. We should all have this confidence.pic.twitter.com/zNKCOv5FPiThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Has anyone written or will they on how Don Cherry--our right hockey populist tv personality was influenced by Wolf's self sense of dramatic self-presentation?! May a thousand essays bloom.
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