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National Book Award winner Gore Vidal was born in 1925 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when...

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Gore Vidal vs. David Dimbleby on election night

By Gore Vidal

Distinguished British broadcaster David Dimbleby comes up against an equally distinguished Gore Vidal on election night, 2008.

Posted on Jul 2, 2010

Gore Vidal’s view of McCain

By Gore Vidal

Parts 1 and 2
Jon Snow interviews the writer Gore Vidal on the American presidential campaign. Vidal dismisses John McCain as “Mr. Magoo” and says he should have been court-martialed.

Posted on Jul 2, 2010

Gore Vidal on terror and dandruff

By Gore Vidal

“The war against terror is like the war against dandruff. I mean it’s a metaphor. It doesn’t mean anything.”
—Gore Vidal.

Posted on Jul 2, 2010

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On Bush and Blair

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Gore Vidal’s candid views of Bush and Blair

Posted on Jul 2, 2010

Dear President Bush

By Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal exhorts George W. Bush during the waning days of his presidency.

Posted on Jul 2, 2010

Vidal, the Kennedys and the NYT

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Gore Vidal discusses the Kennedys and his 1960s battle with The New York Times on a “Democracy Now!” radio broadcast.

Posted on Jul 2, 2010

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Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
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National Book Award winner Gore Vidal was born in 1925 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. His first novel, Williwaw, written when he was nineteen years old and serving in the Army, appeared in the spring of 1946. Since then he has written twenty-three novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over two hundred essays, and a memoir.


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