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Art Tegger <[log in to unmask]>
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He was the veritable giant of style.  I used his books in teaching English.

On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:53 PM, Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]>
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>  =E2=80=9CTom Wolfe would have been just as brilliant without the white
> sui=
> t, but
> he would not have been nearly as interesting. His fashion harked to the
> past while his prose immersed us in the present. The suits alluded to
> civility while his books slashed away at the uncivil. In his white
> minimalism, he was the ultimate peacock.=E2=80=9D
>
> Robin Givhan, =E2=80=9CThe genius of Tom Wolfe=E2=80=99s white
> suits,=E2=80=
> =9D Washington Post
>
> https://tinyurl.com/y83otgkv
>

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