Gore Vidal Pages

The Nation's debut ebook is Gore Vidal's State of the Union

The Nation has announced the launch of eBookNation offering ebooks of the magazine's most notable contributors, and eBookNation's debut title is Gore Vidal's State of the Union, Nation Essays 1958-2005.

The essays collected here all appeared in The Nation magazine between 1958 and 2005. The early literary ones reflected Vidal's status as a rising young novelist of the postwar generation, and as he expanded confidently into nonfiction, his essays range widely over politics, religion, society, manners and morals. We see him emerge as the pre-eminent essayist of his generation, winning a 1993 Nation Book Award for a collection of nonfiction works.

Download it here for your tablet, smartphone or computer: www.thenation.com.

Gore Vidal's State of the Union includes some of his great Nation essays: "Some Jews and the Gays," "Requiem for the American Empire," "Monotheism and Its Discontents," "Notes on Our Patriarchal State," "Birds and the Bees" and "The Birds and the Bees and Clinton."

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | 2013 Tribeca Film Festival

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia will be a featured documentary in the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.

The 89-minutes-long feature is directed by Nicholas Wrathall

The documentary includes Gore Vidal, Christopher Hitchens, Jay Parini, Nina Straight, Burr Steers, Jodie Evans, and others.

Cinematographers: Derek Wiesenhahn, Joel Schwartzberg, Armando De'ath, Jake Clenell; Editors: Suresh Ayaar, William Haugse, Rob Bralver, Derek Boonstra; Executive Producers: Nicholas Wrathall, Erik Nelson, Mike Barnett. Producers: Nicholas Wrathall, Theodore James; Screenwriter: Nicholas Wrathall.

via www.tribecafilm.com

Gore Vidal's 87th birthday

As today, October 3, 2012, would have been Gore Vidal's 87th birthday, it seems fitting to re-post here the list of some of the significant tributes and commentaries that marked his death this past July.

The Economist: Gore Vidal.

PHOTO GALLERY, The New York Times: Gore Vidal 1925-2012

The New York Times: Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer

CNN Opinion - Dick Cavett: Gore Vidal Hates Being Dead

The Hollywood Reporter: Why Hollywood Owes a Debt of Gratitude to Gore Vidal

San Francisco Chronicle: Gore Vidal, Celebrated Author, Playwright, Dies

The Telegraph: Gore Vidal - "The republic is over."

BBC News: US Author Gore Vidal Dies Aged 86

The Guardian: Gore Vidal, US writer and contrarian, dies aged 86

CNN: Chronicler of American life and politics, dies (and CNN "This Just In" blog: A dozen thoughts from Gore Vidal)

The Atlantic: Gore Vidal - A Salute to Self-Absorbed yet Selfless Genius

Word & Film: Remembering Gore Vidal - Cultural Polymath, Political Gadfly, and Social Butterfly

AntiWar.com: Gore Vidal - the Last Jeffersonian

HuffingtonPost: The Legacy of Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal biography will be released in 2015 - CSMonitor.com

American author and academic Jay Parini will pen a biography about the late author Gore Vidal, to be released sometime in 2015.

via www.csmonitor.com

US Congressman Steve Cohen Honors Gore Vidal with Statement for the Congressional Record

On August 2, 2012, US Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) introduced a Statement for the Congressional Record honoring the life and accomplishments of Gore Vidal. The statement Congressman Cohen made is seen below.

"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight and remember the life of Gore Vidal, a celebrated American literary and cultural icon, who passed away this week at the age of 86. A writer famed for his acerbic wit, elegant style, tough-minded radical views and versatile talent, Vidal’s incredibly varied career boasted over 20 novels, in addition to memoirs, essays, plays, television dramas, and screenplays.

Vidal was impressively characterized by the inimitable and revered Christopher Hitchens as being a 20th century answer to Oscar Wilde, a tribute to Vidal’s cleverness and eloquence. As British author Martin Amis said in praising Vidal, 'he is learned, funny and exceptionally clear-sighted. Even his blind spots are illuminating.'

In 2009, Vidal won the annual Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. Unlike many of his intellectual contemporaries, however, he saw his role as a public intellectual not as a sidelined observer, but rather as an active participant in democracy and public affairs, contributing frequently and prolifically to the American political debate.

This weekend, I will travel to New York to see a revival of his play 'The Best Man,' starring my fellow Memphian, Cybill Shephard. I ask everyone to join me honoring Gore Vidal for his many contributions. His was a life well-lived."

via nashville.broadwayworld.com

Broadway to dim marquee lights for Gore Vidal, Friday, August 3rd, 2012, 8 p.m.

Announcement: Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Friday night in memory of Gore Vidal and the cast of his play "The Best Man" will dedicate the next week of performances to the author and playwright. The Broadway League said Wednesday the lights will be dimmed for one minute at exactly 8 p.m. EDT Friday. Executive Director Charlotte St. Martin called Vidal's work both "timely and timeless."

Gore Vidal (1925-2012)

In Memoriam

Left: Warrant Officer Junior Grade Gore Vidal circa 1944, the Gore Vidal Papers, Houghton Library, Harvard University; right: Gore Vidal in 2006 © Stathis Orphanos

October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012

Writer and provocateur of America's mid-century political and literary circles, Gore Vidal was raised in a prominent Washington D.C. Democratic family but describes himself as a conservative. He was the son of airline pioneer Eugene Vidal, grandson of Oklahoma Sen. T. P. Gore, stepbrother of Jackie Kennedy, and friend of writers and actors including Tennessee Williams, Anaïs Nin, Christopher Isherwood, Tim Robbins, and Paul Newman. A man of contradictions, he has been described as controversial, playful, acerbic, arrogant, and warm; as a gadfly, a conspiracy junkie, a paleo-isolationist, an America-hater, and a patriot; but also "the master essayist of our age" by the Washington Post and America's "greatest living man of letters" by The Boston Globe. He explored history, religion, sex, politics, and power in 25 novels--including his "Narratives of Empire" series about American history--several plays, movie scripts, and more than 200 essays.

The Economist: Gore Vidal.

PHOTO GALLERY, The New York Times: Gore Vidal 1925-2012

The New York Times: Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer

CNN Opinion - Dick Cavett: Gore Vidal Hates Being Dead

The Hollywood Reporter: Why Hollywood Owes a Debt of Gratitude to Gore Vidal

San Francisco Chronicle: Gore Vidal, Celebrated Author, Playwright, Dies

The Telegraph: Gore Vidal - "The republic is over."

BBC News: US Author Gore Vidal Dies Aged 86

The Guardian: Gore Vidal, US writer and contrarian, dies aged 86

CNN: Chronicler of American life and politics, dies (and CNN "This Just In" blog: A dozen thoughts from Gore Vidal)

The Atlantic: Gore Vidal - A Salute to Self-Absorbed yet Selfless Genius

Word & Film: Remembering Gore Vidal - Cultural Polymath, Political Gadfly, and Social Butterfly

AntiWar.com: Gore Vidal - the Last Jeffersonian

HuffingtonPost: The Legacy of Gore Vidal

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Gore Vidal's The Best Man to star Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones, John Larroquette, Michael McKean, and Candice Bergen

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner CANDICE BERGEN,five-time Tony Award winner ANGELA LANSBURY, Tony and Emmy Award winner JOHN LARROQUETTE and Drama Desk Award winner and Academy Award nominee MICHAEL McKEAN will join the previously announced JAMES EARL JONES in the Spring 2012 Broadway revival of Gore Vidal�s THE BEST MAN.

via broadwaysbestshows.com

Oct. 3 - Gore Vidal's 86th Birthday » Watch McGill University’s ‘Questioning Gore Vidal on the Media’

In May, Gore Vidal was the honored guest at the annual Media@McGill Beaverbrook Annual Lecture. Video of the event, in five segments, has been made available online. We are publishing all five of them here today as part of Mr. Vidal’s birthday celebration.

via www.gorevidalnow.com

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