Editing Tom Wolfe (section)

==Recurring themes==
Wolfe's writing throughout his career showed an interest in [[social status]] competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/where-tom-wolfe-got-his-status-obsession/|title=Where Tom Wolfe Got His Status Obsession|website=Nieman Storyboard|date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

Much of Wolfe's later work addresses [[neuroscience]]. He notes his fascination in "Sorry, Your Soul Just Died", one of the essays in ''Hooking Up''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anton |first1=Michael |title=Lone Wolfe |journal=Claremont Review of Books |date=Winter 2001 |volume=1 |issue=2 |url=https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/lone-wolfe/ |access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref> This topic is also featured in ''I Am Charlotte Simmons'', as the title character is a student of neuroscience. Wolfe describes the characters' thought and emotional processes, such as fear, humiliation and lust, in the clinical terminology of brain chemistry. Wolfe also frequently gives detailed descriptions of various aspects of his characters' anatomies.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/15/muscle-bound|title=Muscle-Bound|magazine=The New Yorker|date=October 15, 2012}}</ref>