http://dir.salon.com/topics/gore_vidal/?source=rss&aim=gore_vidal en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Thomas Rogers Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/15/edmund_white_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2009/10/15/edmund_white_interview/index.html?source=rss The gay literary lion talks about his juicy memoir, same-sex marriage -- and his beef with Gore Vidal By Louis Bayard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/23/gore_vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/23/gore_vidal/index.html?source=rss "The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal" reminds us that this combative political provocateur is also one of our finest literary critics. By Allen Barra Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/01/03/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/01/03/vidal/index.html?source=rss Vidal's second memoir merely retells the stories we already know from his enormous -- and potentially irrelevant -- body of work. By Laura Miller Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/25/slavery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/25/slavery/index.html?source=rss 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 Karen Croft Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/05/07/fix_wed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2003/05/07/fix_wed/index.html?source=rss 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 Louis Bayard Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/04/19/frey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/04/19/frey/index.html?source=rss 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 Gary Kamiya Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/interview/2002/04/24/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/interview/2002/04/24/vidal/index.html?source=rss 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 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/09/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/09/vidal/index.html?source=rss 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 Judith Greer Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/14/fdr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/06/14/fdr/index.html?source=rss With the release of "Pearl Harbor," conspiracy theorists have resurrected the canard that Roosevelt had advance warning of the attack. By Gore Vidal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/vidal/index.html?source=rss The Golden Age By Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/22/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/22/vidal/index.html?source=rss By Jake Tapper By Jake Tapper Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/20/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/20/vidal/index.html?source=rss 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 George Rafael Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/09/20/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/09/20/vidal/index.html?source=rss Gore Vidal delivers the final volume of the American Chronicle series, his sweeping, score-settling fictional history of the United States. By Fred Branfman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/15/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/08/15/vidal/index.html?source=rss Gore Vidal talks about Cousin Al, the evils of corporate America and why he's supporting Ralph Nader. By David Thomson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/07/28/kane/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2000/07/28/kane/index.html?source=rss Some say that the sled was William Randolph Hearst's pet name for his lover's clitoris. By D.A. Blyler Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/02/09/sevenvices/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/02/09/sevenvices/index.html?source=rss If you go through life free of bad habits, you won't live forever, but it will feel like it. By Craig Offman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/12/23/updike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/log/1999/12/23/updike/index.html?source=rss Dueling men of letters fail to reveal conflict of interest. By Amy Reiter Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/12/16/np1216/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/12/16/np1216/index.html?source=rss After 33 years of throwing punches, William F. Buckley Jr. hangs it up. Letters to the Editor Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/26/kansas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/08/26/kansas/index.html?source=rss Evolutionary theory asks "how," not "if"; give Superchunk a chance; generous dad is being suckered. By Saul Anton Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/08/20/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/08/20/vidal/index.html?source=rss In his essays on the topic, the author grimaces at the effects of 2,000 years of Judeo-Christian morality. By Gore Vidal Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/05/10/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/1999/05/10/vidal/index.html?source=rss Gore Vidal picks five favorite postwar novels, including one by ... Gore Vidal. By Susan Lehman Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1998/11/05/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1998/11/05/media/index.html?source=rss By Vivian Gornick Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/05/27/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1998/05/27/feature/index.html?source=rss Vivian Gornick reviews 'The Time of Our Time' a collection of essays by Norman Mailer By Chris Haines Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/1998/01/14/cov_si_14int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/1998/01/14/cov_si_14int/index.html?source=rss An interview with Gore Vidal by Chris Haines. By Dwight Garner Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1997/05/12/trashlit970512/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1997/05/12/trashlit970512/index.html?source=rss 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.