Announcing the Winners of the 2026 AIR MAIL Tom Wolfe Prizes
The recipients are Sarah Anderson, for fiction, and Carlos Barragán, for reportage
Read OnThe Birth of Tom Wolfe How a frustrated young reporter found his voice—and changed journalism forever
Sympathy for Elizabeth Holmes Anna Delvey considers Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s portrait of a fraudulent founder
Alain Delon’s Dead Ringer In Murder in Paris ‘68, Edward Chisholm investigates the unsolved murder of Alain Delon’s bodyguard
Gonzo in Paradise When Hunter S. Thompson set out to cover the Honolulu Marathon—with a touch of cockfighting on the side—he first had to convince his old pal Ralph Steadman to join him …
Murder, They Wrote The strange sinking of a luxury ocean liner! A train hijacking en route to London! Disasters punctuate this fall’s best mysteries…
Crowd-Pleaser An exhibition north of London revisits L. S. Lowry’s factories, streets, and soccer matches, paying tribute to the great chronicler of England’s interwar working-class culture
