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Eleanor Wachtel talks with American writer, essayist, controversial gadfly and virtuoso writer, Gore Vidal. They discuss his life, work, and his unique perspective on American politics.

Get a "crash-course in civilization" this week on Writers & Company. Eleanor Wachtel talks with the versatile and witty Clive James - critic, novelist, essayist, memoirist, poet and TV host. As the New Yorker put it, "Clive James is a brilliant bunch of guys."

Part I: Walter Moseley - labelled one of the world's top mystery writers by the New York Times - has a new novel out called Black Betty. He's carved out new fictional territory in the Black experience of post-war Los Angeles. Part II: England's Alan Hollinghurst talks about and reads from his novel The Folding Star, which follows an English language tutor in Flanders as he navigates falling in love with one of his male students.