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Gore Vidal

Too much Gore: Vidal's second memoir merely retells the stories we already know from his enormous -- and potentially irrelevant -- body of work.; By Allen Barra Jan 3, 2007
Founding sinners: While Thomas Jefferson never freed his slaves, George Washington did, despite his wife's wishes. Historians are finally coming to terms with America's oldest wound.; By Laura Miller Nov 25, 2003
The Fix: Eddie and Christy are the cutest, Bobby De Niro is the hairiest, and David and Victoria Beckham are the horniest. Plus: A romantic comedy about SARS?; By Karen Croft May 7, 2003
The sound bite and the fury: Literary bad boy James Frey says Dave Eggers can eat his dust. His self-promotion is tiresome, but his addiction memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," shows he has the right stuff.; By Louis Bayard Apr 19, 2003
Gore Vidal: Congress should investigate how much the Bush "oil junta" knew in advance about Sept. 11. This and other bombshells from American literature's leading provocateur.; By Gary Kamiya Apr 24, 2002
Gore Vidal joins the black-helicopter crowd: With his defense of Timothy McVeigh as a heroic freedom fighter in this month's Vanity Fair, the contrarian goes postal on us once and for all.; By Gary Kamiya Aug 9, 2001
Dive-bombing FDR: With the release of "Pearl Harbor," conspiracy theorists have resurrected the canard that Roosevelt had advance warning of the attack.; By Judith Greer Jun 14, 2001
Gore Vidal: The Golden Age; Gore Vidal Oct 5, 2000
The other Gore: By Jake Tapper; Sep 22, 2000
The other Gore: Writer, pundit and "gadfly" Gore Vidal talks about his new book, the little difference between his distant cousin Al and George W. Bush, and how Ralph Nader became boring.; By Jake Tapper Sep 20, 2000
"The Golden Age": Gore Vidal delivers the final volume of the American Chronicle series, his sweeping, score-settling fictional history of the United States.; By George Rafael Sep 20, 2000
"A dangerous family": Gore Vidal talks about Cousin Al, the evils of corporate America and why he's supporting Ralph Nader.; By Fred Branfman Aug 15, 2000
A "Rosebud" by any other name ...: Some say that the sled was William Randolph Hearst's pet name for his lover's clitoris.; By David Thomson Jul 28, 2000
The 7 vices of highly creative people: If you go through life free of bad habits, you won't live forever, but it will feel like it.; By D.A. Blyler Feb 9, 2000
Updike and Parini trade slaps on review pages: Dueling men of letters fail to reveal conflict of interest.; By Craig Offman Dec 23, 1999
Retiring line: After 33 years of throwing punches, William F. Buckley Jr. hangs it up.; By Amy Reiter Dec 16, 1999
Letters to the Editor: Evolutionary theory asks "how," not "if"; give Superchunk a chance; generous dad is being suckered.; Letters to the Editor Aug 26, 1999
Sexually Speaking: Collected Sex Writings: In his essays on the topic, the author grimaces at the effects of 2,000 years of Judeo-Christian morality.; By Saul Anton Aug 20, 1999
True Gore: Gore Vidal picks five favorite postwar novels, including one by ... Gore Vidal.; By Gore Vidal May 10, 1999
I wrote about Michiko Kakutani and lived to tell the tale: By Susan Lehman Nov 5, 1998
Punch drunk: Vivian Gornick reviews 'The Time of Our Time' a collection of essays by Norman Mailer; By Vivian Gornick May 27, 1998
The Salon Interview: Gore Vidal: An interview with Gore Vidal by Chris Haines.; By Chris Haines Jan 14, 1998
Trash Lit 101: Trash Lit 101: It's easy to fire spitballs at books that are embossed with the phrase No. 1 New York Times Bestseller. But the lines between bestselling trash and high-quality literature are a lot more fluid -- and self-determined -- than we usually think, Dwight Garner suggests.; By Dwight Garner May 12, 1997

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