Read more Tom Wolfe stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29944/tom-wolfe.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:35:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64752/giant-leap-was-a-knee-in-nasas-groin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US took a “giant leap” landing on the moon in 1969, but NASA's greatest moment of triumph was also "a real knee in the groin" for the space agency, writes Tom Wolfe in the New York Times. At the time, we thought we’d build “a bridge to the stars,...http://www.newser.com/story/64752/giant-leap-was-a-knee-in-nasas-groin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 11:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59617/scammer-i-forged-author-signatures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man who made more than $300,000 by selling "autographed" first editions of books that actually contained forged signatures pleaded guilty to fraud in a Philadelphia court today. Forrest Smith's offerings on eBay included books by Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Anne Rice, Tom Wolfe, and Tom Clancy, the Los...http://www.newser.com/story/59617/scammer-i-forged-author-signatures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 15:10:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49085/wall-street-loses-sex-appeal-as-big-guns-struggle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe gravitational pull of Wall Street on the nation's best and brightest students has weakened dramatically, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New York Times , as ridiculous pay packages and the thrill of risk-taking give way to layoffs and anxiety. "The whole cult and ethos of Wall Street, which lured...http://www.newser.com/story/49085/wall-street-loses-sex-appeal-as-big-guns-struggle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 12:34:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43241/this-years-bad-sex-winners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTen authors have joined the distinguished ranks of such literary luminaries as Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe—as nominees for the annual Literary Review Bad Sex in Fiction award. The dubious honor singles out “otherwise sound literary” fiction that includes “unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing or redundant passages of a sexual nature,...http://www.newser.com/story/43241/this-years-bad-sex-winners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Nov 2008 7:00:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38601/wolfe-stars-went-to-hedge-funds-long-ago.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTom Wolfe has been fielding a lot of questions about where the Wall Street crisis leaves the Masters of the Universe now, writes the author of the seminal book about the excesses of 1980s traders in the New York Times . But, he notes, the real investment banking superstars left for...http://www.newser.com/story/38601/wolfe-stars-went-to-hedge-funds-long-ago.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Sep 2008 13:35:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31802/wolfe-on-felker-new-york-was-his-invention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTom Wolfe writes with great fondness—and more than a little self-indulgence—about the giddy heyday of the New Journalism, when he and Clay Felker, the legendary magazine editor who died last week, collaborated on the invention of New York magazine. With a gimlet eye for status and boundless social...http://www.newser.com/story/31802/wolfe-on-felker-new-york-was-his-invention.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Jul 2008 14:12:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25656/50-favorite-cult-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s hard to define the "cult" book, but the Telegraph compiled 50 of the top contenders that “rewire your head.” The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (1968) Baby and Child Care by Dr Benjamin Spock (1946) Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (1922) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (1943) To...http://www.newser.com/story/25656/50-favorite-cult-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Apr 2008 10:53:43 CDT