Posts Tagged Non-Fiction Novel

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July 14, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

In Cold Blood vs. The Bonfire of The Vanities: Non-Fiction Novels and The New Journalism

Truman Capote released In Cold Blood in 1966; Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of The Vanities was published in 1987. Twenty-one years between them, the two books continue to have lasting effect as influential treatises regarding, what Wolfe confirmed by title in his 1973 text of the same name, as ‘The New Journalism’. These two books […]

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September 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Books That Blew My Mind # 8: “The Executioner’s Song” by Norman Mailer

The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer I loved Norman Mailer before I read him – because of his book, The Fight, and specifically his appearances in the great documentary, When We Were Kings. Of course I would go on to read The Fight – and it really is a work of genius, one of the […]

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February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 104 – Megan Dunn

Welcome to episode 104 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. I had a chat with Megan Dunn – she’s an artist, art-critic and writer. She’s recently released the book Tinderbox – which I loved. I contacted Megan for a chat because I’d enjoyed some of the press and interviews around Tinderbox […]