Word: authorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Wolfe was at Harvard to receive the Author of the Year award from the Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. The 'Poonsters inducted Wolfe as an honorary member and hosted him at a private dinner and party following the lecture...
...Author Tom Wolfe wowed a Lowell Lecture Hall audience Friday night with his insights on college social life, dating, fashion and, of course, the state of contemporary American literature...
...This year they're looking to defy all expectations. The party's on Trumbull Street, and it's going to have a hero and a heroine, author Jedediah Purdy '96 and actress Claire Danes...
...Author Erich Segal, on a sabbatical at Harvard in 1968, used Gore as a model for the serious side of the hero of Love Story, later a blockbuster movie...
...latest travelogue, the best-selling author abandons the blue highways and turns to the water in an attempt to traverse America by small boat. The pace of the trip is leisurely, but Heat-Moon's exuberant erudition propels the reader with historical vignettes, ecological and geological detail, and often hilarious encounters with local eccentrics. The net effect is akin to Willard Scott channeling both Alexis de Tocqueville and John McPhee. The hearty, quote-laden banter between Heat-Moon and his mates sometimes sounds forced, but the author's wit and energy ultimately quell any cavils...