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Podcast: The Lonely Palette
Episode: BonusEp. 14: The Lonely Palette Reads Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word
Description: Taking a break from writing about astronauts, Tom Wolfe donned his white suit and strolled to the art museums of New York City, letting the incomprehensible literary works of the movement wash over him like a warm bath of clam broth, and producing what, in the words of art critic Rosalind Krauss, "hit the art world like a really bad, MSG-headache-producing, Chinese lunch."
For you, dear listeners, here is the headache-inducing introduction to "The Painted Word," read aloud, as was always intended.
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