Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal Feud on the Dick Cavett Show (1971)
Listen to Dick Cavett reading an excerpt from Talk Show, where he recounts the legendary incident, here
Listen to Dick Cavett reading an excerpt from Talk Show, where he recounts the legendary incident, here
Vidal defined his more outré work as ‘inventions’, but though Parini admits to admiring Myra Breckinridgehe shares the common wisdom that Vidal’s legacy takes two principal forms.
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The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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