TWS President’s Fall Letter, Oct. 15, 2016
Dear Wolfeans, "If only Thomas Wolfe could see us now..." If you attended the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Lecture in Chapel Hill a few weeks ago, you heard this refrain in my remarks. It was a lovely October 4th day in 2016 on a vibrant college campus, and hundreds of lovers of...
Bob Anthony & Bob Powell Receive Thomas Wolfe Society Citations of Merit
On May 21, 2016, Citations of Merit were awarded to two Thomas Wolfe Society (TWS) members: Robert G. Anthony, Jr., and Bob R. Powell. The citations were presented at the TWS Awards Banquet culminating the Society’s 38th Annual Meeting, held in Asheville, North...
2016 TWS Meeting, Asheville, NC–May 20-22
38th Annual Meeting of the Thomas Wolfe Society Dear Wolfe Friends, I look forward to seeing you in Asheville as we gather for a splendid program and good fellowship with the mountain springtime providing a majestic backdrop for our meeting. I have attached the TWS...
Call for Papers–TWS Conference: May 20-22, 2016, Asheville, NC
“Thomas Wolfe & the Creative Process” Call for Papers! For its 38th annual conference, the Thomas Wolfe Society invites papers exploring Wolfe’s experience of & relationship to the creative process: his own writing process; the inspiration he derived from...
Clyde Edgerton to deliver Thomas Wolfe Lecture Oct. 6, UNC: Chapel Hill
North Carolina author Clyde Edgerton will receive the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s 2015 Thomas Wolfe Prize and deliver the annual lecture on Oct. 6 at 7:30 pm in Carolina’s Genome Sciences Building auditorium. Edgerton, a Carolina alumnus, has...
“Luke: A Tribute to Fred” (1979 documentary film about Thomas Wolfe’s brother, Fred Wolfe)
Wolfe would say this is another of his "dark miracles of chance that make new magic in a dusty world" . . . we recently received an email from a voice from the past--Frank Eastes--the first recipient of the Thomas Wolfe Society's Citation of Merit back in 1980. Frank...