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Parajournalism, or Tom Wolfe & His Magic Writing Machine

– Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, August 26, 1965.
A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called “parajournalism,” from the Greek para, “beside” or “against”: something similar in form but different in… More

Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker

– Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1966.
“Newspapers are only as good as the ideas and information they succeed in conveying. And this means not only putting facts down on paper, but doing so in such a way that they get off the… More

Reply to Dwight Macdonald

– The New York Review of Books, March 17, 1966.
In response to: Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker from the February 3, 1966 issue To the Editors: I like your Tom Wolfe issues the best. I hereby charge and assert…

Review of “The New Journalism”

– Michael Wood, New York Times, June 22, 1973.
The title suggests a long essay by Tom Wolfe, accompanied by samples of what the essay is about. What we get are three short Wolfe essays and a Wolfe appendix, adding up to some 49 pages,… 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

Tom Wolfe’s Revenge

– Chris Harvey, American Journalism Review, October 1994.
Excerpt: A few decades ago, feature Óriter Tom Wolfe was pilloried in print for having “the social conscience of an ant” and a “remarkable unconcern” for the facts.… More

Lone Wolfe by Michael Anton

– Michael Anton, Claremont Review of Books, February 2001.
Excerpt: Tom Wolfe has been on a lonely crusade for more than a decade. His repeated calls for a return to realism in American fiction have largely gone unanswered. Makes you wonder.… More

Journalism and the Modern Novel

– C-SPAN, lecture at Yale University, April 21, 2001.
At Yale University’s Tercentenary Celebration, author Tom Wolfe discussed the notions of journalism and the modern novel. Mr. Wolfe talked about his years in graduate school and his… More

The genesis of gonzo

– Marc Weingarten, The Guardian, September 2, 2005.
It was a story meeting to generate some provocative ideas for New York, the Sunday supplement of the New York Herald Tribune. Clay Felker, the magazine’s editor, had mentioned that… More

Tom Wolfe on the Colbert Report

– The Colbert Report, April 26, 2007.
Summary: Stephen disagrees with new journalism because he believes people want entertaining journalism, not factual journalism. (5:48)

Tom Wolfe on Reporting Everything

– Daily Beast, YouTube, January 4, 2013.
Tom Wolfe remembers what bothered him most in his writing on a gang bang from “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”

Essays

Parajournalism, or Tom Wolfe & His Magic Writing Machine

– Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, August 26, 1965.
A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called “parajournalism,” from the Greek para, “beside” or “against”: something similar in form but different in… More

Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker

– Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1966.
“Newspapers are only as good as the ideas and information they succeed in conveying. And this means not only putting facts down on paper, but doing so in such a way that they get off the… More

Reply to Dwight Macdonald

– The New York Review of Books, March 17, 1966.
In response to: Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker from the February 3, 1966 issue To the Editors: I like your Tom Wolfe issues the best. I hereby charge and assert…

Review of “The New Journalism”

– Michael Wood, New York Times, June 22, 1973.
The title suggests a long essay by Tom Wolfe, accompanied by samples of what the essay is about. What we get are three short Wolfe essays and a Wolfe appendix, adding up to some 49 pages,… 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

Tom Wolfe’s Revenge

– Chris Harvey, American Journalism Review, October 1994.
Excerpt: A few decades ago, feature Óriter Tom Wolfe was pilloried in print for having “the social conscience of an ant” and a “remarkable unconcern” for the facts.… More

Lone Wolfe by Michael Anton

– Michael Anton, Claremont Review of Books, February 2001.
Excerpt: Tom Wolfe has been on a lonely crusade for more than a decade. His repeated calls for a return to realism in American fiction have largely gone unanswered. Makes you wonder.… More

Journalism and the Modern Novel

– C-SPAN, lecture at Yale University, April 21, 2001.
At Yale University’s Tercentenary Celebration, author Tom Wolfe discussed the notions of journalism and the modern novel. Mr. Wolfe talked about his years in graduate school and his… More

The genesis of gonzo

– Marc Weingarten, The Guardian, September 2, 2005.
It was a story meeting to generate some provocative ideas for New York, the Sunday supplement of the New York Herald Tribune. Clay Felker, the magazine’s editor, had mentioned that… More

Tom Wolfe on the Colbert Report

– The Colbert Report, April 26, 2007.
Summary: Stephen disagrees with new journalism because he believes people want entertaining journalism, not factual journalism. (5:48)

Tom Wolfe on Reporting Everything

– Daily Beast, YouTube, January 4, 2013.
Tom Wolfe remembers what bothered him most in his writing on a gang bang from “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”

Commentary

Parajournalism, or Tom Wolfe & His Magic Writing Machine

– Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, August 26, 1965.
A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called “parajournalism,” from the Greek para, “beside” or “against”: something similar in form but different in… More

Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker

– Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1966.
“Newspapers are only as good as the ideas and information they succeed in conveying. And this means not only putting facts down on paper, but doing so in such a way that they get off the… More

Reply to Dwight Macdonald

– The New York Review of Books, March 17, 1966.
In response to: Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker from the February 3, 1966 issue To the Editors: I like your Tom Wolfe issues the best. I hereby charge and assert…

Review of “The New Journalism”

– Michael Wood, New York Times, June 22, 1973.
The title suggests a long essay by Tom Wolfe, accompanied by samples of what the essay is about. What we get are three short Wolfe essays and a Wolfe appendix, adding up to some 49 pages,… 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

Tom Wolfe’s Revenge

– Chris Harvey, American Journalism Review, October 1994.
Excerpt: A few decades ago, feature Óriter Tom Wolfe was pilloried in print for having “the social conscience of an ant” and a “remarkable unconcern” for the facts.… More

Lone Wolfe by Michael Anton

– Michael Anton, Claremont Review of Books, February 2001.
Excerpt: Tom Wolfe has been on a lonely crusade for more than a decade. His repeated calls for a return to realism in American fiction have largely gone unanswered. Makes you wonder.… More

Journalism and the Modern Novel

– C-SPAN, lecture at Yale University, April 21, 2001.
At Yale University’s Tercentenary Celebration, author Tom Wolfe discussed the notions of journalism and the modern novel. Mr. Wolfe talked about his years in graduate school and his… More

The genesis of gonzo

– Marc Weingarten, The Guardian, September 2, 2005.
It was a story meeting to generate some provocative ideas for New York, the Sunday supplement of the New York Herald Tribune. Clay Felker, the magazine’s editor, had mentioned that… More

Tom Wolfe on the Colbert Report

– The Colbert Report, April 26, 2007.
Summary: Stephen disagrees with new journalism because he believes people want entertaining journalism, not factual journalism. (5:48)

Tom Wolfe on Reporting Everything

– Daily Beast, YouTube, January 4, 2013.
Tom Wolfe remembers what bothered him most in his writing on a gang bang from “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”

Multimedia

Parajournalism, or Tom Wolfe & His Magic Writing Machine

– Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, August 26, 1965.
A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called “parajournalism,” from the Greek para, “beside” or “against”: something similar in form but different in… More

Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker

– Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1966.
“Newspapers are only as good as the ideas and information they succeed in conveying. And this means not only putting facts down on paper, but doing so in such a way that they get off the… More

Reply to Dwight Macdonald

– The New York Review of Books, March 17, 1966.
In response to: Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker from the February 3, 1966 issue To the Editors: I like your Tom Wolfe issues the best. I hereby charge and assert…

Review of “The New Journalism”

– Michael Wood, New York Times, June 22, 1973.
The title suggests a long essay by Tom Wolfe, accompanied by samples of what the essay is about. What we get are three short Wolfe essays and a Wolfe appendix, adding up to some 49 pages,… 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

Tom Wolfe’s Revenge

– Chris Harvey, American Journalism Review, October 1994.
Excerpt: A few decades ago, feature Óriter Tom Wolfe was pilloried in print for having “the social conscience of an ant” and a “remarkable unconcern” for the facts.… More

Lone Wolfe by Michael Anton

– Michael Anton, Claremont Review of Books, February 2001.
Excerpt: Tom Wolfe has been on a lonely crusade for more than a decade. His repeated calls for a return to realism in American fiction have largely gone unanswered. Makes you wonder.… More

Journalism and the Modern Novel

– C-SPAN, lecture at Yale University, April 21, 2001.
At Yale University’s Tercentenary Celebration, author Tom Wolfe discussed the notions of journalism and the modern novel. Mr. Wolfe talked about his years in graduate school and his… More

The genesis of gonzo

– Marc Weingarten, The Guardian, September 2, 2005.
It was a story meeting to generate some provocative ideas for New York, the Sunday supplement of the New York Herald Tribune. Clay Felker, the magazine’s editor, had mentioned that… More

Tom Wolfe on the Colbert Report

– The Colbert Report, April 26, 2007.
Summary: Stephen disagrees with new journalism because he believes people want entertaining journalism, not factual journalism. (5:48)

Tom Wolfe on Reporting Everything

– Daily Beast, YouTube, January 4, 2013.
Tom Wolfe remembers what bothered him most in his writing on a gang bang from “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”

Teaching

Parajournalism, or Tom Wolfe & His Magic Writing Machine

– Review of The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, August 26, 1965.
A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called “parajournalism,” from the Greek para, “beside” or “against”: something similar in form but different in… More

Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker

– Dwight Macdonald, The New York Review of Books, February 3, 1966.
“Newspapers are only as good as the ideas and information they succeed in conveying. And this means not only putting facts down on paper, but doing so in such a way that they get off the… More

Reply to Dwight Macdonald

– The New York Review of Books, March 17, 1966.
In response to: Parajournalism II: Wolfe and The New Yorker from the February 3, 1966 issue To the Editors: I like your Tom Wolfe issues the best. I hereby charge and assert…

Review of “The New Journalism”

– Michael Wood, New York Times, June 22, 1973.
The title suggests a long essay by Tom Wolfe, accompanied by samples of what the essay is about. What we get are three short Wolfe essays and a Wolfe appendix, adding up to some 49 pages,… 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

Tom Wolfe’s Revenge

– Chris Harvey, American Journalism Review, October 1994.
Excerpt: A few decades ago, feature Óriter Tom Wolfe was pilloried in print for having “the social conscience of an ant” and a “remarkable unconcern” for the facts.… More

Lone Wolfe by Michael Anton

– Michael Anton, Claremont Review of Books, February 2001.
Excerpt: Tom Wolfe has been on a lonely crusade for more than a decade. His repeated calls for a return to realism in American fiction have largely gone unanswered. Makes you wonder.… More

Journalism and the Modern Novel

– C-SPAN, lecture at Yale University, April 21, 2001.
At Yale University’s Tercentenary Celebration, author Tom Wolfe discussed the notions of journalism and the modern novel. Mr. Wolfe talked about his years in graduate school and his… More

The genesis of gonzo

– Marc Weingarten, The Guardian, September 2, 2005.
It was a story meeting to generate some provocative ideas for New York, the Sunday supplement of the New York Herald Tribune. Clay Felker, the magazine’s editor, had mentioned that… More

Tom Wolfe on the Colbert Report

– The Colbert Report, April 26, 2007.
Summary: Stephen disagrees with new journalism because he believes people want entertaining journalism, not factual journalism. (5:48)

Tom Wolfe on Reporting Everything

– Daily Beast, YouTube, January 4, 2013.
Tom Wolfe remembers what bothered him most in his writing on a gang bang from “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”