Books
Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street’s Land of the Walking Dead!
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 11, 1965.Lost in the Whichy Thicket: The New Yorker—II
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 18, 1965.The New Journalism: A la Recherche des Whichy Thickets
– New York Magazine, February 21, 1972.The Intelligent Co-ed’s Guide to America
– Harper's Magazine, July 1976.Excerpt: The next thing I knew, the discussion was onto the subject of fascism in America. Everybody was talking about police repression and the anxiety and paranoia as good folsk waited… More
Tom Wolfe, The Art of Fiction No. 123
– Interviewed by George Plimpton, The Paris Review, Spring 1991.Excerpt: One of Tom Wolfe’s favorite restaurants in New York City is the Isle of Capri on the East Side, specializing, as one might expect, in Italian cuisine; indeed, the menu does not… More
In the Land of the Rococo Marxists
– Harper's Magazine, June 2000.The Human Beast
– Jefferson Lecture, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006.Excerpt: Ladies and Gentlemen, this evening it is my modest intention to tell you in the short time we have together . . . everything you will ever need to know about the human beast. I… More
Pell-Mell
– The Atlantic, November 2007.Excerpt: Since you asked … the American idea was born at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 1803, the moment Thomas Jefferson sprang the so-called pell-mell on the new British… More
Mizzou and the Master of Our Universe
– Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon, November 13, 2015.Excerpt: The temptation to dismiss Wolfe as a mere gadfly or ironist or stylist has been around for a while. Resist it. He is not only a bestselling author but a thinker of originality and… More
The Kingdom of Speech
– New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2016.Summary from the publisher: Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,… More
The Origins of Speech
– Harper's Magazine, August 2016.Excerpt: Nobody in academia had ever witnessed or even heard of a performance like this before. In just a few years, in the early 1950s, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student — a… More
We’re Only Human
– Andrew Ferguson, Commentary, October 2016.Excerpt: The Kingdom of Speech is popular intellectual history of the most exhilarating kind. Its closest antecedents came along nearly 40 years ago, both of them also by Wolfe. The Painted… More
Essays
Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street’s Land of the Walking Dead!
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 11, 1965.Lost in the Whichy Thicket: The New Yorker—II
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 18, 1965.The New Journalism: A la Recherche des Whichy Thickets
– New York Magazine, February 21, 1972.The Intelligent Co-ed’s Guide to America
– Harper's Magazine, July 1976.Excerpt: The next thing I knew, the discussion was onto the subject of fascism in America. Everybody was talking about police repression and the anxiety and paranoia as good folsk waited… More
Tom Wolfe, The Art of Fiction No. 123
– Interviewed by George Plimpton, The Paris Review, Spring 1991.Excerpt: One of Tom Wolfe’s favorite restaurants in New York City is the Isle of Capri on the East Side, specializing, as one might expect, in Italian cuisine; indeed, the menu does not… More
In the Land of the Rococo Marxists
– Harper's Magazine, June 2000.The Human Beast
– Jefferson Lecture, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006.Excerpt: Ladies and Gentlemen, this evening it is my modest intention to tell you in the short time we have together . . . everything you will ever need to know about the human beast. I… More
Pell-Mell
– The Atlantic, November 2007.Excerpt: Since you asked … the American idea was born at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 1803, the moment Thomas Jefferson sprang the so-called pell-mell on the new British… More
Mizzou and the Master of Our Universe
– Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon, November 13, 2015.Excerpt: The temptation to dismiss Wolfe as a mere gadfly or ironist or stylist has been around for a while. Resist it. He is not only a bestselling author but a thinker of originality and… More
The Kingdom of Speech
– New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2016.Summary from the publisher: Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,… More
The Origins of Speech
– Harper's Magazine, August 2016.Excerpt: Nobody in academia had ever witnessed or even heard of a performance like this before. In just a few years, in the early 1950s, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student — a… More
We’re Only Human
– Andrew Ferguson, Commentary, October 2016.Excerpt: The Kingdom of Speech is popular intellectual history of the most exhilarating kind. Its closest antecedents came along nearly 40 years ago, both of them also by Wolfe. The Painted… More
Commentary
Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street’s Land of the Walking Dead!
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 11, 1965.Lost in the Whichy Thicket: The New Yorker—II
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 18, 1965.The New Journalism: A la Recherche des Whichy Thickets
– New York Magazine, February 21, 1972.The Intelligent Co-ed’s Guide to America
– Harper's Magazine, July 1976.Excerpt: The next thing I knew, the discussion was onto the subject of fascism in America. Everybody was talking about police repression and the anxiety and paranoia as good folsk waited… More
Tom Wolfe, The Art of Fiction No. 123
– Interviewed by George Plimpton, The Paris Review, Spring 1991.Excerpt: One of Tom Wolfe’s favorite restaurants in New York City is the Isle of Capri on the East Side, specializing, as one might expect, in Italian cuisine; indeed, the menu does not… More
In the Land of the Rococo Marxists
– Harper's Magazine, June 2000.The Human Beast
– Jefferson Lecture, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006.Excerpt: Ladies and Gentlemen, this evening it is my modest intention to tell you in the short time we have together . . . everything you will ever need to know about the human beast. I… More
Pell-Mell
– The Atlantic, November 2007.Excerpt: Since you asked … the American idea was born at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 1803, the moment Thomas Jefferson sprang the so-called pell-mell on the new British… More
Mizzou and the Master of Our Universe
– Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon, November 13, 2015.Excerpt: The temptation to dismiss Wolfe as a mere gadfly or ironist or stylist has been around for a while. Resist it. He is not only a bestselling author but a thinker of originality and… More
The Kingdom of Speech
– New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2016.Summary from the publisher: Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,… More
The Origins of Speech
– Harper's Magazine, August 2016.Excerpt: Nobody in academia had ever witnessed or even heard of a performance like this before. In just a few years, in the early 1950s, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student — a… More
We’re Only Human
– Andrew Ferguson, Commentary, October 2016.Excerpt: The Kingdom of Speech is popular intellectual history of the most exhilarating kind. Its closest antecedents came along nearly 40 years ago, both of them also by Wolfe. The Painted… More
Multimedia
Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street’s Land of the Walking Dead!
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 11, 1965.Lost in the Whichy Thicket: The New Yorker—II
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 18, 1965.The New Journalism: A la Recherche des Whichy Thickets
– New York Magazine, February 21, 1972.The Intelligent Co-ed’s Guide to America
– Harper's Magazine, July 1976.Excerpt: The next thing I knew, the discussion was onto the subject of fascism in America. Everybody was talking about police repression and the anxiety and paranoia as good folsk waited… More
Tom Wolfe, The Art of Fiction No. 123
– Interviewed by George Plimpton, The Paris Review, Spring 1991.Excerpt: One of Tom Wolfe’s favorite restaurants in New York City is the Isle of Capri on the East Side, specializing, as one might expect, in Italian cuisine; indeed, the menu does not… More
In the Land of the Rococo Marxists
– Harper's Magazine, June 2000.The Human Beast
– Jefferson Lecture, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006.Excerpt: Ladies and Gentlemen, this evening it is my modest intention to tell you in the short time we have together . . . everything you will ever need to know about the human beast. I… More
Pell-Mell
– The Atlantic, November 2007.Excerpt: Since you asked … the American idea was born at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 1803, the moment Thomas Jefferson sprang the so-called pell-mell on the new British… More
Mizzou and the Master of Our Universe
– Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon, November 13, 2015.Excerpt: The temptation to dismiss Wolfe as a mere gadfly or ironist or stylist has been around for a while. Resist it. He is not only a bestselling author but a thinker of originality and… More
The Kingdom of Speech
– New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2016.Summary from the publisher: Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,… More
The Origins of Speech
– Harper's Magazine, August 2016.Excerpt: Nobody in academia had ever witnessed or even heard of a performance like this before. In just a few years, in the early 1950s, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student — a… More
We’re Only Human
– Andrew Ferguson, Commentary, October 2016.Excerpt: The Kingdom of Speech is popular intellectual history of the most exhilarating kind. Its closest antecedents came along nearly 40 years ago, both of them also by Wolfe. The Painted… More
Teaching
Tiny Mummies! The True Story of the Ruler of 43rd Street’s Land of the Walking Dead!
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 11, 1965.Lost in the Whichy Thicket: The New Yorker—II
– New York Herald-Tribune, April 18, 1965.The New Journalism: A la Recherche des Whichy Thickets
– New York Magazine, February 21, 1972.The Intelligent Co-ed’s Guide to America
– Harper's Magazine, July 1976.Excerpt: The next thing I knew, the discussion was onto the subject of fascism in America. Everybody was talking about police repression and the anxiety and paranoia as good folsk waited… More
Tom Wolfe, The Art of Fiction No. 123
– Interviewed by George Plimpton, The Paris Review, Spring 1991.Excerpt: One of Tom Wolfe’s favorite restaurants in New York City is the Isle of Capri on the East Side, specializing, as one might expect, in Italian cuisine; indeed, the menu does not… More
In the Land of the Rococo Marxists
– Harper's Magazine, June 2000.The Human Beast
– Jefferson Lecture, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006.Excerpt: Ladies and Gentlemen, this evening it is my modest intention to tell you in the short time we have together . . . everything you will ever need to know about the human beast. I… More
Pell-Mell
– The Atlantic, November 2007.Excerpt: Since you asked … the American idea was born at approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 1803, the moment Thomas Jefferson sprang the so-called pell-mell on the new British… More
Mizzou and the Master of Our Universe
– Matthew Continetti, Washington Free Beacon, November 13, 2015.Excerpt: The temptation to dismiss Wolfe as a mere gadfly or ironist or stylist has been around for a while. Resist it. He is not only a bestselling author but a thinker of originality and… More
The Kingdom of Speech
– New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2016.Summary from the publisher: Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. THE KINGDOM OF SPEECH is a captivating,… More
The Origins of Speech
– Harper's Magazine, August 2016.Excerpt: Nobody in academia had ever witnessed or even heard of a performance like this before. In just a few years, in the early 1950s, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student — a… More
We’re Only Human
– Andrew Ferguson, Commentary, October 2016.Excerpt: The Kingdom of Speech is popular intellectual history of the most exhilarating kind. Its closest antecedents came along nearly 40 years ago, both of them also by Wolfe. The Painted… More