Gore Vidal Interview

Nov 18, 2009

National Book Foundation

Gore Vidal was interviewed while at the 60th annual National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani in New York City where he would be presented with a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Topics included his current work and what he was reading.
Gore Vidal was interviewed while at the 60th annual National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani in New York City where he would be presented with a Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Topics included his current work and what he was reading.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:05 Unidentified Speaker CURRENTLY HE IS THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION.
00:00:09 Unidentified Speaker WE CONTINUE COVERAGE OF THE 60TH NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WITH AN INTERVIEW WITH GORE VIDAL WHO WAS PRESENTED...
00:00:29 Unidentified Speaker GORE VIDAL IS WITH US ON BookTV. MR. VIDAL ARE YOU WORKING ON A NEW BOOK NOW?
00:00:34 Unidentified Speaker I HOPE IT IS NO. DO IF IT IS AN OLD BOOK I AM SURE PEOPLE WILL REMIND ME THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY READ...
00:01:31 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A BRAND NEW BIOGRAPHY OUT ON JAMES K. POLK. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT OR READ ABOUT IT?
00:01:38 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN IT.
00:01:43 Unidentified Speaker BOB MERRIMAN I BELIEVE IT IS.
00:01:45 Unidentified Speaker I WILL FIND IT.
00:01:47 Unidentified Speaker MR. VIDAL WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW?
00:01:52 Unidentified Speaker I AM ALMOST ALWAYS IN A PERIOD LIKE THIS READING THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR. NOW VET OBAMA'S SEEMS TO WANT...
00:02:35 Unidentified Speaker FINALLY, WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE AWARD YOU ARE GETTING TONIGHT FROM THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION?...
00:02:43 Unidentified Speaker WELCOME ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT ANNOUNCE MY DEATH I BELIEVE I AM ALL FOR IT. BUT, I WON'T KNOW ABOUT...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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