well, tom wolfe. tom wolfe began as the great picture of american journalism. he could see on what everyone thought were the lowest cards on the table, teen pop, stock car racing, plastic enhanced strippers, and turn them into the kings and queens of our attention. no one has made a more dazzling entrance into american journalism. and no one has made such hard studies of the rules and games of the eternal american search for the trophy of status. professors may make rules for writing, but real writers escape them and find true subjects for our time. the test is the readers attention. and one thing that can be said for certain that no one has ever sat down with a obligation to read the new tom wolfe, we read him with the fireworks and wonder and joy. people said at the end of '60s, he'd be finished. then the '70s, it's me decade name, and writing "the epic of the american adventure in space." oh well the '80s. then the vanities gave that decade. they said they keep on saying it. they keep on saying this about wolfe. i was magic for the small detail and american

well, tom wolfe. tom wolfe begin is a great cop shot of american journalism. he could see from what everyone thought was the lowest card from the table, teen pop, stock car racing, plastic and hand strippers and magically turn them into the kings and queens of our attention. no one has many more dazzling and to american journalism. and no one since has made that damage heart studies at the rules and gains in place as the eternal american search for the trophy of status. professors may make room for writing, to build biters escape them and find true subjects for a time. the test is the reader's attention. the one thing that can be said for certain if no one is ever sat down but a pass i have obligation to read the new tom wolfe. we read in a sewage fireworks. with wonder and joy. when of course people said at the end of the 60s he didn't finish with a decade and having given the 70s decade -- it's in a new decade name and writing the epic to the american adventure in base, everybody said well, the 80s will defeat them. and after the vanities care that decade an

. >> thom thom -- tom wolfe is beg given the medal for distinguished contribution to american letters. how would you describe is it? >> i wouldn't praise myself. i spent doing nonfiction first 55 years of my life. i still think it's the most important genera to come out of the second half of the 20th century. and right now, you know, the writers to watch are both nonfiction writers, michael lewis, and mark poden. it would do well to read those two guys. they are totally nonfiction. >> why do you think you've become so much well then, for your fiction? >> well, i think it was just turned out to be dazzling. well, if -- if -- if it's like a doll, it's because i leave the building. i do just as much reporting for the novel as i do for nonfiction and it's -- i want my fiction to be intensely journalistic. intensely journalistic. because unless you get out and look at what's going on these days, you are going to miss the things that are influencing yourself and everybody else. i mean like the -- a great example is the so-called sexual revolution. that's a very mild term for the carnival th

the book there has been my two favorites are tom wolfe the american author who said miami book fair international is of literary maker of the western world and the other nascent label is what former first lady barbara bush said, it is the embarrassment of riches. i love that one. between now and next sunday over 350 authors, some of them coming from different parts of the world over the delight of the miami public. during the weekend and during the street fair, we will have hundreds of thousands of people who will be visiting, selling hundreds of thousands of books for people to buy. as a point* of privilege i'd like to introduce three members of congress who are here today and good friends of miami-dade college. [applause] [applause] [applause] a proud alumni of miami did college [applause] to introduce our very special guest today, as someone who needs no introduction, some newsday cultural icon in his community and so much to bring books alive and to bring people together and the best of the world of leadership to miami please tell me to look on niche kaplan [applause] >> thank you. it is an h

my two favorite ones are tom wolfe, the american author the says miami book fair international is theiterary mecca of the western world, and the other nice label, if i should call it that way, is what former first lady barbara bush said about the book fair, she said it is an embarrassment of riches. so i love that one. you know, between now and next sunday we are going to have over 350 authors, some from different parts of the world for the delight of the miami public. during the weekend during the street fair we will have hundreds of thousands of people who will be visiting the fare as well as hundreds of thousands of books for people to buy. i like to, as a point of privilege, introduced three members of congress who are here today, good friends of miami-dade college. the arlington, would he stand. his little brother, mario. [applauding] and indiana. [applauding] a proud alumna of miami-dade college. now, to introduce our very special guest today, someone who needs no introduction, someone who is a cultural icon in this community and who has done so much to bring books to life, to b

. >> author and journalist tom wolfe is being awarded the 2010 medal for distinguished cultivation to american letters here at the national book award. mr. wolf, if you had to describe your contribution to american arts and letters, how would you describe it? >> i would rather not. actually most of my life i spent doing nonfiction, first 55 years of my life i think it's the most important john rot to come out of, well come out of the second half of the 20th century. right now the letters to watch are both nonfiction writers, michael lewis and mark boden. most novelists do well to read those and they are non-fiction. >> why do you think you have become so well known for your fiction? >> well i think it turned to be dazzling. well, it's like its own because i leave the building i do reporting for an awful, as nonfiction, and i want my fiction to be intensely journalistic, intense and journalistic because unless you get out and look at what is going on you are going to miss of the things influencing yourself and everybody else like a great example is a book called sexual revolution. that

the book fair has been labeled in many different ways, but my two favorite ones are tom wolf, the american author who saysavo that miami book fair international is the literary mecca of the western world, andw the other nice, nice label, if i should call it that way, is what former first lady barbara bush said about book fair, the miami book fair, she said it's an embarrassment of riches. so i love that one. [laughter] you know, between now and next sunday we're going to have over 350 authors, some of them coming from different parts of thecomi world for the delight of the miami public. and during the weekend and during the street fair we'll have hundreds of thousands of people who will be visiting the fair as well as hundreds ofeet thousands of books for people to buy. i'd like to, as a point of privilege, introduce three members of congress who are here today, good friends of miami-dade congress and the fair, and they are lincoln diaz-balart, lincoln, would you stand? [applause] his little brother, mario diaz-balart. [applause] and ileana ros-lehtinen. a proud alumna of miami-dade colleg

[inaudible] >> tom wolfe, contribution to american arts and letters award from the national book foundation care of the national book awards. thank you for coming to this session today. we have michele norris and isabel wilkerson, and i'm going to do a brief introduction for both of them and then i'm going to ask questions, and i will leave time at the end so that people can ask questions, so probably about 3:50 we will stop and you can ask questions. in the introduction to the grace of silence, michele norris writes should begin the process in 2009 because she became convinced an unprecedented hidden and robust conversation about race is taking place across the country in the wake of barack obama's historic residential campaign and his >> from this project he show apl net painful family secrets from her father shooting by thefshooe birmingham police left been twos weeks after discharge from service in world war two to a grandmother peddling pancake grdmothe makes as an itinerant and jemima. traveled from her childhood home to her father's childhood home in the deep south to explore the thi

dear tom wolfe forecast a lot of folks headed to the syrup to make the most of the snow the we got up there. continuing to see still fall after midnight friday it will be snow and saturday if you're headed to the sierra take your chains with you've we could continue to see a bit of snow on sunday as well. lookit this overnight temperatures single digits as mark looks to talk about here is a look at your happy thanksgiving forecast. you can see the chance of rain late friday into saturday and then will dry it out headed to next week. george. >> for anyone headed to the sierra interstate 80 and 50 no try it chain requirements and they are open. they are required on highway 88. around the bay area today most cities will not be enforcing parking that is mostly true in san francisco. always at hitch and a clutch. city parking meters the ones on by the city are not in for san francisco parking in general known for smith today residential parking permits of commuter toll wait zones or street sweeping. however port authority party is in force. that means if you're driving or parking along the