Wolfe, Tom (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.)
Wolfe, Tom (Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr.)( 1931– ),Virginia-born journalist, known for his treatment of contemporary American culture from its popular heroes to its alternative life-styles, a jet-set sociology written in a baroque pop style. His collections of articles include The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965), The Pump House Gang (1968), and Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers (1970). Other books include The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968), partly about Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters; The New Journalism (1973); The Painted Word (1975), commentary on the current art world's pretensions; Mauve Gloves and Madmen (1976), stories, essays, and sketches; The Right Stuff (1979), about U.S. astronauts, “gods for a day”; and From Bauhaus to Our House (1981), a satirical view of contemporary U.S. architecture. In Our Time (1980) collects his...
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