Lots of links this week, but they’re all pretty good. Enjoy!
Tom Wolfe, 88, ‘New Journalist’ With Electric Style and Acid Pen, Dies
Here’s the one obituary you should read: He wrote “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” “Bonfire of the Vanities” and “The Right Stuff,” and pioneered a novelistic form of journalism in the 1960s and ’70s.
www.nytimes.com
How Tom Wolfe Became … Tom Wolfe
Michael Lewis delves deep into the archives of the legendary reporter turned novelist to discover what made the man in the white suit the voice of a journalistic generation.
www.vanityfair.com
There will never be another Tom Wolfe
And, a warning: he cannot be imitated without humiliation.
www.washingtonpost.com
Raising Boys
The decline of play and rise in sensory issues in preschoolers
Here is a post from pediatric occupational therapist Angela Hanscom. Her perspective is worth considering: our new focus on structure, rigor, and getting ahead is getting in the way of normal human development.
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Should We Speak to Little Boys as We Do Little Dogs?
We speak to our little dogs much more lovingly than we do to our little boys. Does this matter? Should we change it?
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Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick: No Mercy for Ted Kennedy
It seems that we will define our leaders not by their achievements or best moments, but rather by their worst. Micro-histories point the lens in a new direction, and I’m wondering if we’re worse off because of it.
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