The author in full: Tom Wolfe
Wolfe excelled at capturing human foibles and petty vanities; anything deeper than that escaped him
Wolfe excelled at capturing human foibles and petty vanities; anything deeper than that escaped him
The anti-liberal opposition will continue to be demotic and anti-theoretic, impatient with and scornful of ideas, in public life especially
The harshness and hope of an American master
Not since the late 19th century in Germany have the Herr Professor Doktors been held in such high esteem
Republics have never lived by the commercial principle alone
Chandler’s California is a cultural desert stretching along the western edge of a continental wasteland
Ideas and theories were not Mencken’s meat and drink. Real people and social comedy were
The contemporary artist doesn’t expect to have to suffer for what he calls his art. Away with the garret!
Part of the problem is sheer mental and physical laziness