{"id":138453,"date":"2021-04-14T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T21:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=138453"},"modified":"2021-04-15T17:23:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:23:17","slug":"tom-wolfe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=138453","title":{"rendered":"Tom Wolfe &#8211; Stalking The Billion-Footed Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe id=\"lbry-iframe\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/embed\/2021-04-14-14-47-40\/d08dca374c0e77db5877b619bbca45160276401e?r=7NBcWXJjukK1CBGhNA5NBZLaw5FFS2a2\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>00:00 What do novels do better than movies\/TV?<br \/>\n02:00 Why Authors Are Important: Tom Wolfe On His Favorite Books, Writing, Art, Style (1996),<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G8IVA_iVofo<br \/>\n05:00 Tom Wolfe on realist fiction, https:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/1989\/11\/stalking-the-billion-footed-beast\/<br \/>\n27:00 From 2006: Writer Tom Wolfe on journalism and voyeurism, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pe11E2u4jkk<br \/>\n37:00 Gay Talese and the art of &#8220;New Journalism&#8221;, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZJ1WRbRjcpE<br \/>\n42:20 Dennis Dale joins<br \/>\n45:00 Tom Wolfe &#8211; race realist, https:\/\/www.theoccidentalobserver.net\/2013\/09\/09\/is-tom-wolfe-a-race-realist-part-1-of-3\/<br \/>\n1:03:00 Crossroads: A Novel (A Key to All Mythologies), https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crossroads-Novel-Key-All-Mythologies\/dp\/0374181179<br \/>\n1:15:00 Tom Wolfe: The 60 Minutes interview, https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8tW9RNE0gyQ<br \/>\n1:22:00 RICHARD SPENCER &#038; ED DUTTON | Aliens: Where Are They? 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