Episode 133: Novelist Spotlight #133: A look back at Thomas Wolfe with scholar and Thomas Wolfe Society board member Joseph Bentz
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In the spotlight is Thomas Wolfe, the famed American novelist, and Joseph Bentz, professor of American Literature at Azusa Pacific University, who serves as the Articles Editor for The Thomas Wolfe Review and as a board member for the Thomas Wolfe Society.
We discuss:
>> Thomas Wolfe’s beginnings in Asheville, North Carolina
>> His sprawling and effusive writing style
>> Epic battled with legendary editor Maxwell Perkins
>> Tensions with Hemingway and Fitzgerald
>> Libel lawsuits
>> His early death
>> The Thomas Wolfe Review
>> The Thomas Wolfe Memorial Museum in Asheville, N.C.
>> Etc.
Learn more about Thomas Wolfe at the Thomas Wolfe Society website: https://thomaswolfe.org/
Joseph Bentz’s books are available on Amazon, and you can learn more about him here: https://www.apu.edu/clas/faculty/jbentz/
Novelist Spotlight is produced and hosted by Mike Consol, author of “Lolita Firestone: A Supernatural Novel,” “Family Recipes: A Novel About Italian Culture, Catholic Guilt and the Culinary Crime of the Century” and “Hardwood: A Novel About College Basketball and Other Games Young Men Play.” Buy them on any major bookselling site. Write to Mike Consol at novelistspotlight@gmail.com. We hope you will subscribe and share the link with any family, friends or colleagues who might benefit from this program.
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