Posted on 12/30/2004 5:54:47 PM PST by Maigret
Thanks for posting this- I would likely have seen it anyway...but now I'll make a point of it!
Thanks, Maigret. He is an interesting guy and I didn't see this. Might have missed it.
Saw the clip...a good one! The show replays at midnight EST.
I am reading "I am Charlotte Simmmons." I can't put it down. Go and read it.
I love James Rosen--and Tom Wolfe is one of my favorite authors. It is nice that the young guys from FOX are getting a chance to shine during the holidays. Rick Leventhal just hosted O'Reilly and did a great job. I do not watch O'Reilly anymore as he is just too much bluster.
Tom Wolfe...always a sharp dresser.
Thanks. Wolfe is my favorite modern writer. I have managed to collect first editions of all of his books. I have to say, though, that I enjoy his non-fiction much more than his novels. I'll be sure to watch this.
Couldn't agree more!
It's ok. I liked A Man in Full better.
Wouldn't miss it. I've been reading his books since college and "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" came out. Thanks for the heads up.
I discovered a love of architecture from reading From Bauhaus to Our House.
I would disagree with his assesment on the American public's reaction to 9/11. In my town, at least, lines were over a block long at the local blood bank. But the American public was never called upon by our leadership to make a change in our daily lives. And so we went back to "normal" behavior with the invisible knowledge that we could be attacked again.
C-Span radio ran a repeat of Brian Lamb's interview of Wolfe. During the break they aired the French Ambassador to the US talking to Wolfe - it was hilarious to hear the guy sucking up to Wolfe...
Wolfe gives good interviews. An attractive fellow, with a delightful Tidewater accent. Manages to display a wholesome enjoyment of his success and a genuine modesty as well. He avoids entirely any appearance of self-infatuation. One of the few literati I'd actually like to have a lunch with.
With all of the literati wetting themselves over the highly overrated Susan Sontag last week, its good to see a TRULY great writer and satirist get some attention.
Is it really good?
As I recall, it traced the arc of modern and contemporary art, from the origins of abstract expressionism to the most ludicrous illustrations of minimalist "art" during the late 70s.
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
Still have a copy of that, too.
The only Wolfe books that I don't own-but which I have read-are his second novel and his vivisection of European/Euro-influenced American architecture.
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