On the chaotic letters of journalist and Dr. Strangelove screenwriter Terry Southern.

The life and politics of Joan Didion.

Tom Wolfe on the development of ”New Journalism,” an unconventional reporting style which he helped to pioneer.

I had the feeling, rightly or wrongly, that I was doing things no one had ever done before in journalism. I used to try to imagine the feeling readers must have had upon finding all this carrying on and cutting up in a Sunday supplement. I liked that idea. I had no sense of being a part of any normal journalistic or literary environment.

The original new journalist on his start at the Times, his daily writing routine, and why he’s always taken notes on shirt boards.