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V.S. Naipaul opens mouth, changes feet: A round-up of literary kerfuffles,...

Friends again. (Photo: Daniel Mordzinski) V.S. Naipaul has offered definitive proof against the adage that to be a good writer, you must be a good reader. First, the happy news:  Naipaul has ended his...

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Writing is a life of poverty? Not.

Waugh's digs at Piers Court, near Stinchcombe For those of you entering this or that writing competition or perhaps applying for a grant, hoping to scrape together a few shekels so you can buy kitty...

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When literary tête-à-têtes ends in fisticuffs…

The subject of the fistfight: Lewis and Tolkien It’s not often that two guys having a literary discussion end up by hauling off and whacking each other. And yet  it happened in the city of my alma...

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Michael Krasny, a survivor – just like me!

A few weeks ago, I finally met Michael Krasny, the genial presence behind KQED’s Forum – though we’d been Facebook friends for some time.  He was a kindly and  affable man – surprisingly humble and...

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Gore Vidal remembering Italo Calvino: “He was the only great writer of my time.”

Gore Vidal's magnificent Mediterranean digs – Calvino was a neighbor. A few days ago I wrote about Italo Calvino.  I’ve so far neglected the death of Gore Vidal – so many have written so much already I...

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Gore Vidal’s “piety”

"a one-man great society" That’s it.  I’m in love with Gore. No, no, not that Gore.  Gore Vidal. I know, it’s sudden…  I was watching the interview I posted a few days ago.  It uncovered a Vidal I...

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Breaking bad news to Gore Vidal

In 2009 (Photo: David Shankbone) Facebook posts rarely live longer than a butterfly or moth, but fortunately this one did –  it landed on the cyberspace pages of Truthdig.  Steve Wasserman, one of my...

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