Gore Vidal
Basics
The Last Defender of the American Republic? (interview). Marc Cooper, LA Times Weekly (7/5/02).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Vidal, Gore. "Sex is politics," Playboy (1/79).
__________. "Requiem for the American empire," Nation (1/11/86):1,15-19.
__________. "The tree of liberty. Notes on our patriarchal state," Nation (8/27/90).
__________. "The birds & the bees," Nation (10/28/91):509-10.
__________. "Time for a people's convention," Nation (1/27/92).
__________. "Andy Kopkind, 1935-94," Nation (6/12/95).
__________. "We are the patriots," Nation (6/2/03):11-14.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Mitzel, John. Myra & Gore: A New View of Myra Breckenridge & an Interview with Gord Vidal. A Book for Vidalophiles (Dorchester MA: Manifest Destiny, 1974).
Parini, Jay (ed.) Gore Vidal: Writer Against the Grain (NY: Columbia, 1992).
Stanton, Robert J. & Gore Vidal (eds.) Views from a Window: Conversations with Gore Vidal (Secaucus NJ: L. Stuart, 1980).
Vidal, Gore. Sex, Death & Money (NY: Bantam, 1968).
__________. Reflections upon a Sinking Ship (Boston: Little, Brown, 1969).
__________ et al. An Evening with Richard Nixon (NY: Random House, 1972).
__________. Homage to Daniel Shays: Collected Essays, 1952-1972 (NY: Random House, 1972)
__________. Matters of Fact and of Fiction: Essays, 1973-1976 (NY: Random House, 1977).
__________. Sex is Politics, & Vice Versa (LA: Sylvestre & Orphanos, 1978).
__________. The Second American Revolution & Other Essays (NY: Random House, 1982).
__________. Vidal in Venice (NY: Summit/Antelope, 1985).
__________. At Home: Essays, 1982-1988 (NY: Random House, 1988).
__________. A View from the Diners' Club: Essays, 1987-1991 (London: Andre Deutsch, 1991).
__________. The Decline & Fall of the American Empire (Berkeley: Odonian, 1992).
__________. Screening History (Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1992).
__________. United States: Essays, 1952-1992 (NY: Random House, 1993).
__________. Palimpsest: A Memoir (NY: Random House, 1995).
__________. Virgin Islands, a Dependency of the United States: Essays, 1992-1997 (London: Deutsch, 1997).
__________. The American Presidency (Tucson AZ: Odonian, 1998).
__________. The Essential Gore Vidal (ed. Fred Kaplan; NY: Random House, 1999).
__________. The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 (NY: Doubleday, 2001).
__________. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: How We Got to Be So Hated (NY: Nation Books, 2002).
_________. Dreaming War: Blood for Oil & the Cheney-Bush Junta (NY: Nation Books, 2003).
Weise, Donald (ed.) Gore Vidal: Sexually Speaking, Collected Sex Writings (San Francisco: Cleis, 1999).
In the Library: Fiction
Vidal, Gore. Williwaw: A Novel (NY: Dutton, 1946).
__________. In a Yellow Wood (NY: Dutton, 1947).
__________. The City & the Pillar: Seven Early Stories [1948] (rev. ed.; NY: Random House, 1995).
__________. The Season of Comfort (NY: Dutton, 1949).
__________. Dark Green, Bright Red (NY: Dutton, 1950).
__________. The Judgement of Paris (NY: Dutton, 1952).
__________. A Thirsty Evil: Seven Short Stories (NY: Zero, 1956).
__________. Rocking the Boat (Boston: Little, Brown, 1962).
__________. Julian: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 1964).
__________. Washington DC: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 1967).
__________. Myra Breckenridge (Boston: Little, Brown, 1968).
__________. Two Sisters: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel [1970] (NY: Ballantine, 1987).
__________. Burr: A Novel (NY: Random House, 1973).
__________. Myron: A Novel (NY: Random House, 1974).
__________. 1876: A Novel (NY: Random House, 1976).
__________. Kalki: A Novel (NY: Random House, 1978).
__________. Creation: A Novel (NY: Random House, 1981).
__________. Duluth (NY: Random House, 1983).
__________. Lincoln (NY: Random House, 1984).
__________. Empire: A Novel (NY: Random House, 1987).
__________. Hollywood: A Novel of America in the 1920s (NY: Random House, 1990).
__________. Live From Golgotha (NY: Random House, 1992).
__________. The Smithsonian Institution: A Novel (NY: Random House, 1998).
__________. The Golden Age: A Novel (NY: Doubleday, 2000).
In the Library: Drama
Vidal, Gore. Visit to a Small Planet, & Other Television Plays (Boston: Little, Brown, 1956).
__________. The Best Man: A Play About Politics (Boston: Little, Brown, 1960).
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Bob Roberts" [1993], dir. Tim Robbins, 102m. In video stores.
"The Best Man" [1990], by Stuart Millar & Lawrence Turman, 103m.
"The Celluloid Closet"
"Dress Gray"
"Vidal in Venice" [1988], dir. Mischa Scorer, 110m.