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Remembering Tom Wolfe, ‘New Journalism’ pioneer

Journalist Susan Orlean joins Judy Woodruff to remember Wolfe, who died Tuesday.

05/15/2018

PBS News Hour

Remembering Tom Wolfe, ‘New Journalism’ pioneer

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Journalist Susan Orlean joins Judy Woodruff to remember Wolfe, who died Tuesday.

New Journalism pioneer Tom Wolfe captured American culture in groundbreaking nonfiction like "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" and novels like "The Bonfire of the Vanities." Journalist Susan Orlean joins Judy Woodruff to remember Wolfe, who died Tuesday at the age of 88.

05/15/2018

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