Gore Vidal Raised the Dust of the Nation in His Writing
Clip: 8/1/2012 | 8m 57s
Gore Vidal, a 'Public Scold' Who Raised the Dust of the Nation in His Writing
First and foremost a writer, Gore Vidal never shied away from expressing his thoughts to the public, from appearances on the Johnny Carson Show, to his essays in The Nation. Jeffrey Brown talks to Middlebury College's Jay Parini, who says Gore never stopped writing, reading and thinking in his lifetime.
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Gore Vidal Raised the Dust of the Nation in His Writing
Clip: 8/1/2012 | 8m 57s
First and foremost a writer, Gore Vidal never shied away from expressing his thoughts to the public, from appearances on the Johnny Carson Show, to his essays in The Nation. Jeffrey Brown talks to Middlebury College's Jay Parini, who says Gore never stopped writing, reading and thinking in his lifetime.
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