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“Life is not a race course or a competitive examination. At worst it calls for endurance and at best it calls for a certain virtue in one’s dealings with oneself.”

Gore Vidal, 1957

In an unpublished letter to his half-sister, the late writer offers advice on life, his thoughts on JFK, and what it takes to make it into the history books. Read it here.

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Taking on the likes of Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley required an intense workout regimen. RIP Gore Vidal. Read a selection of the late writer’s work for Vanity Fair here. Photograph: Condé Nast Archive

Taking on the likes of Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley required an intense workout regimen. RIP Gore Vidal.

Read a selection of the late writer’s work for Vanity Fair here.

Photograph: Condé Nast Archive