05-17-2018, 02:37 PM
(05-15-2018, 01:51 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Tom Wolfe, author:
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018)[1] was an American author and journalist, best known for his association with and influence in stimulating the New Journalism, in which literary techniques are used extensively.
He began his career as a regional newspaper reporter in the 1950s, but achieved national prominence in the 1960s following the publication of such best-selling books as The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (a highly experimental account of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters), and two collections of articles and essays, Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby. In 1979, he published the influential book The Right Stuff about the Mercury Seven astronauts, which was made into a 1983 film of the same name directed by Philip Kaufman.
His first fiction novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, published in 1987, was met with critical acclaim, and also became a commercial success. It was adapted as a major motion picture of the same name, directed by Brian De Palma.
From Wikipedia.
Another of Mr. Wolfe's accomplishments was labeling the decade of the 1970s as "The Me Decade". From that evolved the phrase "Me Generation" which quite accurately describe the prevailing philosophy of the Boomers after graduation from their "free love" stage. In that stage they focused outward and the "Me Generation" heralded their turning inward. In a fairly recent book titled "Generation Me" author Jean Twenge describes the Millennial Generation as launching the Me First philosophy into overdrive. Is the jury still out on this one?