Books
Tom Wolfe: Real Estate, Wealth, Politicians, Debt (1998)
– BookTV, lecture at Miami-Dade Community College, YouTube, 1998.Wolfe Turns “The Bonfire” Upside Down
– Review of A Man in Full. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, October 28, 1998.While Tom Wolfe’s first novel, ”The Bonfire of the Vanities” (1987), gave us a satiric portrait of New York in the giddy go-go years of the 1980’s — those… More
Review of “A Man in Full”
– Michael Lewis, New York Times, November 8, 1998.In the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena, Calif., there hangs a self-portrait of the 18th-century French painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour. The artist wears an expression of intense… More
Tom Wolfe Reads from “A Man in Full”
– New York Times, read at Town Hall in Manhattan, November 11, 1998.In His New Novel, Tom Wolfe Unearths His Southern Roots
– Peter Applebome, New York Times, November 11, 1998.NEW YORK — There was a moment after the salmon with Brittany sea salt at the pillowy corner banquette at the Carlyle, after the triumphant stroll up Madison Avenue, where East Side… More
A Man in Full: Speech
– C-SPAN, November 20, 1998.A Man Half Full
– Review of A Man in Full. Norman Mailer, The New York Review of Books, December 17, 1998.…Three cheers. One has to applaud his moxie. Only an innocent or a simpleton could fail to recognize that a live hornet was being deposited in the crevice of every literary seat in… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”
– Firing Line, YouTube, January 19, 1999.Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were ones by… More
Review of A Man in Full
– Christopher Caldwell, Commentary, February 1999.Excerpt: Wolfe’s second best-selling novel, A Man in Full, is intended to serve as another such work of reclamation. It is the story of sixty-year-old Charlie Croker, an under-educated… More
God and Man in Full by P.J. O’Rourke
– P. J. O'Rourke, Policy Review, April/May 1999.Excerpt: Among the A-list big dogs of chic fiction, Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is not da bomb. Of course, there’s vulgar success against it — cover of Time, phone number first… More
Who’s Afraid of Tom Wolfe?
– Mary Ann Glendon, First Things, August 1999.Excerpt: Why does Tom Wolfe’s latest book make the mandarins of taste so uncomfortable? John Updike took a good deal of space in the New Yorker to declare that A Man in Full was… More
A Critic in Full
– Carol Ianonne, National Association of Scholars, August 11, 2008.Excerpt: Iannone: Today is February 28, 2008, and we are privileged to begin a conversation with Mr. Tom Wolfe. I want to start by saying how impressed I was by your novel, I Am Charlotte… More
Essays
Tom Wolfe: Real Estate, Wealth, Politicians, Debt (1998)
– BookTV, lecture at Miami-Dade Community College, YouTube, 1998.Wolfe Turns “The Bonfire” Upside Down
– Review of A Man in Full. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, October 28, 1998.While Tom Wolfe’s first novel, ”The Bonfire of the Vanities” (1987), gave us a satiric portrait of New York in the giddy go-go years of the 1980’s — those… More
Review of “A Man in Full”
– Michael Lewis, New York Times, November 8, 1998.In the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena, Calif., there hangs a self-portrait of the 18th-century French painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour. The artist wears an expression of intense… More
Tom Wolfe Reads from “A Man in Full”
– New York Times, read at Town Hall in Manhattan, November 11, 1998.In His New Novel, Tom Wolfe Unearths His Southern Roots
– Peter Applebome, New York Times, November 11, 1998.NEW YORK — There was a moment after the salmon with Brittany sea salt at the pillowy corner banquette at the Carlyle, after the triumphant stroll up Madison Avenue, where East Side… More
A Man in Full: Speech
– C-SPAN, November 20, 1998.A Man Half Full
– Review of A Man in Full. Norman Mailer, The New York Review of Books, December 17, 1998.…Three cheers. One has to applaud his moxie. Only an innocent or a simpleton could fail to recognize that a live hornet was being deposited in the crevice of every literary seat in… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”
– Firing Line, YouTube, January 19, 1999.Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were ones by… More
Review of A Man in Full
– Christopher Caldwell, Commentary, February 1999.Excerpt: Wolfe’s second best-selling novel, A Man in Full, is intended to serve as another such work of reclamation. It is the story of sixty-year-old Charlie Croker, an under-educated… More
God and Man in Full by P.J. O’Rourke
– P. J. O'Rourke, Policy Review, April/May 1999.Excerpt: Among the A-list big dogs of chic fiction, Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is not da bomb. Of course, there’s vulgar success against it — cover of Time, phone number first… More
Who’s Afraid of Tom Wolfe?
– Mary Ann Glendon, First Things, August 1999.Excerpt: Why does Tom Wolfe’s latest book make the mandarins of taste so uncomfortable? John Updike took a good deal of space in the New Yorker to declare that A Man in Full was… More
A Critic in Full
– Carol Ianonne, National Association of Scholars, August 11, 2008.Excerpt: Iannone: Today is February 28, 2008, and we are privileged to begin a conversation with Mr. Tom Wolfe. I want to start by saying how impressed I was by your novel, I Am Charlotte… More
Commentary
Tom Wolfe: Real Estate, Wealth, Politicians, Debt (1998)
– BookTV, lecture at Miami-Dade Community College, YouTube, 1998.Wolfe Turns “The Bonfire” Upside Down
– Review of A Man in Full. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, October 28, 1998.While Tom Wolfe’s first novel, ”The Bonfire of the Vanities” (1987), gave us a satiric portrait of New York in the giddy go-go years of the 1980’s — those… More
Review of “A Man in Full”
– Michael Lewis, New York Times, November 8, 1998.In the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena, Calif., there hangs a self-portrait of the 18th-century French painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour. The artist wears an expression of intense… More
Tom Wolfe Reads from “A Man in Full”
– New York Times, read at Town Hall in Manhattan, November 11, 1998.In His New Novel, Tom Wolfe Unearths His Southern Roots
– Peter Applebome, New York Times, November 11, 1998.NEW YORK — There was a moment after the salmon with Brittany sea salt at the pillowy corner banquette at the Carlyle, after the triumphant stroll up Madison Avenue, where East Side… More
A Man in Full: Speech
– C-SPAN, November 20, 1998.A Man Half Full
– Review of A Man in Full. Norman Mailer, The New York Review of Books, December 17, 1998.…Three cheers. One has to applaud his moxie. Only an innocent or a simpleton could fail to recognize that a live hornet was being deposited in the crevice of every literary seat in… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”
– Firing Line, YouTube, January 19, 1999.Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were ones by… More
Review of A Man in Full
– Christopher Caldwell, Commentary, February 1999.Excerpt: Wolfe’s second best-selling novel, A Man in Full, is intended to serve as another such work of reclamation. It is the story of sixty-year-old Charlie Croker, an under-educated… More
God and Man in Full by P.J. O’Rourke
– P. J. O'Rourke, Policy Review, April/May 1999.Excerpt: Among the A-list big dogs of chic fiction, Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is not da bomb. Of course, there’s vulgar success against it — cover of Time, phone number first… More
Who’s Afraid of Tom Wolfe?
– Mary Ann Glendon, First Things, August 1999.Excerpt: Why does Tom Wolfe’s latest book make the mandarins of taste so uncomfortable? John Updike took a good deal of space in the New Yorker to declare that A Man in Full was… More
A Critic in Full
– Carol Ianonne, National Association of Scholars, August 11, 2008.Excerpt: Iannone: Today is February 28, 2008, and we are privileged to begin a conversation with Mr. Tom Wolfe. I want to start by saying how impressed I was by your novel, I Am Charlotte… More
Multimedia
Tom Wolfe: Real Estate, Wealth, Politicians, Debt (1998)
– BookTV, lecture at Miami-Dade Community College, YouTube, 1998.Wolfe Turns “The Bonfire” Upside Down
– Review of A Man in Full. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, October 28, 1998.While Tom Wolfe’s first novel, ”The Bonfire of the Vanities” (1987), gave us a satiric portrait of New York in the giddy go-go years of the 1980’s — those… More
Review of “A Man in Full”
– Michael Lewis, New York Times, November 8, 1998.In the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena, Calif., there hangs a self-portrait of the 18th-century French painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour. The artist wears an expression of intense… More
Tom Wolfe Reads from “A Man in Full”
– New York Times, read at Town Hall in Manhattan, November 11, 1998.In His New Novel, Tom Wolfe Unearths His Southern Roots
– Peter Applebome, New York Times, November 11, 1998.NEW YORK — There was a moment after the salmon with Brittany sea salt at the pillowy corner banquette at the Carlyle, after the triumphant stroll up Madison Avenue, where East Side… More
A Man in Full: Speech
– C-SPAN, November 20, 1998.A Man Half Full
– Review of A Man in Full. Norman Mailer, The New York Review of Books, December 17, 1998.…Three cheers. One has to applaud his moxie. Only an innocent or a simpleton could fail to recognize that a live hornet was being deposited in the crevice of every literary seat in… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”
– Firing Line, YouTube, January 19, 1999.Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were ones by… More
Review of A Man in Full
– Christopher Caldwell, Commentary, February 1999.Excerpt: Wolfe’s second best-selling novel, A Man in Full, is intended to serve as another such work of reclamation. It is the story of sixty-year-old Charlie Croker, an under-educated… More
God and Man in Full by P.J. O’Rourke
– P. J. O'Rourke, Policy Review, April/May 1999.Excerpt: Among the A-list big dogs of chic fiction, Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is not da bomb. Of course, there’s vulgar success against it — cover of Time, phone number first… More
Who’s Afraid of Tom Wolfe?
– Mary Ann Glendon, First Things, August 1999.Excerpt: Why does Tom Wolfe’s latest book make the mandarins of taste so uncomfortable? John Updike took a good deal of space in the New Yorker to declare that A Man in Full was… More
A Critic in Full
– Carol Ianonne, National Association of Scholars, August 11, 2008.Excerpt: Iannone: Today is February 28, 2008, and we are privileged to begin a conversation with Mr. Tom Wolfe. I want to start by saying how impressed I was by your novel, I Am Charlotte… More
Teaching
Tom Wolfe: Real Estate, Wealth, Politicians, Debt (1998)
– BookTV, lecture at Miami-Dade Community College, YouTube, 1998.Wolfe Turns “The Bonfire” Upside Down
– Review of A Man in Full. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, October 28, 1998.While Tom Wolfe’s first novel, ”The Bonfire of the Vanities” (1987), gave us a satiric portrait of New York in the giddy go-go years of the 1980’s — those… More
Review of “A Man in Full”
– Michael Lewis, New York Times, November 8, 1998.In the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena, Calif., there hangs a self-portrait of the 18th-century French painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour. The artist wears an expression of intense… More
Tom Wolfe Reads from “A Man in Full”
– New York Times, read at Town Hall in Manhattan, November 11, 1998.In His New Novel, Tom Wolfe Unearths His Southern Roots
– Peter Applebome, New York Times, November 11, 1998.NEW YORK — There was a moment after the salmon with Brittany sea salt at the pillowy corner banquette at the Carlyle, after the triumphant stroll up Madison Avenue, where East Side… More
A Man in Full: Speech
– C-SPAN, November 20, 1998.A Man Half Full
– Review of A Man in Full. Norman Mailer, The New York Review of Books, December 17, 1998.…Three cheers. One has to applaud his moxie. Only an innocent or a simpleton could fail to recognize that a live hornet was being deposited in the crevice of every literary seat in… More
Firing Line with William F. Buckley “Tom Wolfe and His Critics”
– Firing Line, YouTube, January 19, 1999.Guest: Tom Wolfe Summary: Tom Wolfe had just published his first novel in 11 years, “A Man in Full,” to significant, but not universal, acclaim. Amongst the negative review were ones by… More
Review of A Man in Full
– Christopher Caldwell, Commentary, February 1999.Excerpt: Wolfe’s second best-selling novel, A Man in Full, is intended to serve as another such work of reclamation. It is the story of sixty-year-old Charlie Croker, an under-educated… More
God and Man in Full by P.J. O’Rourke
– P. J. O'Rourke, Policy Review, April/May 1999.Excerpt: Among the A-list big dogs of chic fiction, Tom Wolfe’s A Man in Full is not da bomb. Of course, there’s vulgar success against it — cover of Time, phone number first… More
Who’s Afraid of Tom Wolfe?
– Mary Ann Glendon, First Things, August 1999.Excerpt: Why does Tom Wolfe’s latest book make the mandarins of taste so uncomfortable? John Updike took a good deal of space in the New Yorker to declare that A Man in Full was… More
A Critic in Full
– Carol Ianonne, National Association of Scholars, August 11, 2008.Excerpt: Iannone: Today is February 28, 2008, and we are privileged to begin a conversation with Mr. Tom Wolfe. I want to start by saying how impressed I was by your novel, I Am Charlotte… More