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Electric Kool Aid Acid Test
- Paperback, 372 pages
I Am Charlotte Simmons
- Hardcover, 676 pages
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You Recommend Freshmen 'Common Reads'
September 8, 2011 Over the past few weeks, Talk of the Nation has been asking for the books you think should be required reading for all college freshmen. Here are 10 of your suggestions.
Author Interviews
Tom Wolfe: Chronicling Counterculture's 'Acid Test'
August 12, 2011 Tom Wolfe wrote about Ken Kesey's LSD experiments in the book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. In 1987, Wolfe spoke to Terry Gross about following Kesey and the Merry Pranksters.
Arts & Life
Tom Wolfe's 'I Am Charlotte Simmons'
December 13, 2004 Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe.
Author Interviews
Tom Wolfe Goes to College with 'Charlotte Simmons'
November 10, 2004 I Am Charlotte Simmons, the latest novel from Tom Wolfe, depicts college as a hedonistic playground of non-stop drinking and rampant casual sex. The author traveled to universities across the country to research contemporary campus life. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Wolfe.
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Author Interviews
A Quest For Roots Uncovers Ordinary People
Lawrence Jackson went on a quest to find his late grandfather's home in Virginia.
