“Who needs the Pulitzers? Next year it’s the Tom Wolfes.”

That was one guest’s parting words to another, after Tuesday night’s dinner for the inaugural Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage at the Waverly Inn. Notables from literature, journalism, entertainment and the arts joined in the festivities surrounded by Ed Sorel’s murals from another era. Seth Meyers served as the evening’s emcee for the crowd that included Emma Roberts, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Waris Ahluwalia, Bette Midler, Amor Towles, Jay McInerney, Kurt Andersen, Lili Anolik, Lisa Taddeo, Walter Isaacson, Bruce Wagner, Scott Burns and Karah Preiss.

Before attendees tucked into some of The Waverly’s more savory specialties, Air Mail editor Graydon Carter welcomed guests to the event and recalled meeting W

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