There is very little that can embellish the central fact of this clip: Gore Vidal discusses the South with Eudora Welty. Oh, wait, there’s one thing. Gore Vidal says the words “Kentucky Fried Chicken” and “McDonald’s” at 2:39, and it sounds like he’s speaking a foreign language.
Sadie Stein is contributing editor of The Paris Review, and the Daily’s correspondent.
As Biden makes final clean energy push, California invests $1 billion in electric vehicle chargers
Do yourself a favor in 2020: Mute Elon Musk
Former Google exec says he was pushed out for highlighting human rights abuses
Bear witness to the terrifying 'big chicken' that's scaring the internet
Everything Alienware announced at CES 2025
Samsung unveils cheaper Lite versions of the Galaxy S10 and Note 10
LG announces new 8K OLED TVs with smart upscaling and AirPlay 2
How to help Australia's unpaid firefighters battle the bushfire crisis
CES 2025: Everything to expect
Do yourself a favor in 2020: Mute Elon Musk
Best Dyson deal: Save over $100 on Dyson V11 Origin cordless vacuum
A decade of New Year's Eve glasses, ranked by how dumb they looked
Netflix's 'Spinning Out' is binge
2020 laws that give us hope for the year ahead
Celtic vs. Bayern Munich 2025 livestream: Watch Champions League for free
Do yourself a favor in 2020: Mute Elon Musk
Sharon Stone gets on Bumble, gets blocked after users report her profile as fake
Zoo sues advertising agency for using raccoon in 'erotic' video
Roborock Saros Z70 at CES 2025: A huge flex
American Girl's 2020 Doll of the Year is its first with hearing loss
Twitter / X: Cheapest tier for gold checkmark drops from $1,000 to $200Staff Picks: Tricksters, Transmogrifications, and Treacherous Beauty by The Paris ReviewThe City Has No Name by Lizzie DavisBest budget rowing machine deal: Save 43% at AmazonThe Edge of the Map by Colin DickeyThe Art of Distance No. 22 by The Paris ReviewRenee Gladman’s Sentence Structures by The Paris ReviewDonald Hall’s Amanuensis by Wesley McNairThe Edge of the Map by Colin DickeySamsung Galaxy S24 deal: Get $50 Samsung credit in Jan. 2024Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor now $55 — Jan. 2024 dealsStalin’s Bodyguard: An Interview with Alex Halberstadt by John Jeremiah SullivanStalin’s Bodyguard: An Interview with Alex Halberstadt by John Jeremiah SullivanStaff Picks: Cardboard Cities, Choral Singing, and CrossBest smartphone deal: Get the Samsung Galazy Z Fold 5 for $300 offChatGPT is terrible at diagnosing child medical cases, according to new studyCES 2024: I fiddled with the new Dell XPS laptops — here's why they're polarizingYou Have the Right to Remain Silent by Mary MorrisInto the Narrow Home Below by Darcey SteinkeKim Kardashian's once Ian McKellen apologizes for tone Xiaomi to announce new flagship phone next week Climate change is impacting hurricanes. Here's how. PETA criticized Google's Steve Irwin art and people are not happy Watch the powerful moment Cohen stared directly into the camera and slammed Trump Review: The Willow breast pump is a giant, but expensive, leap forward How to vote for 'Dancing with the Stars' on Disney+ 'Hocus Pocus 2' review: Cheeky, nostalgic, and practically magic Chrissy Teigen tweets hilarious Oscars jab at her husband Netflix removes LGBTQ tag from 'Dahmer' People are throwing cheese on their children now, and it's kinda great Hurricane Ian threatens Tampa: How the city is uniquely vulnerable to storm surge Shudder’s ‘Queer for Fear’ offers an LGBTQ horror education An unborn baby 'kidfluencer' has 112,000 Instagram followers YouTube pulls advertising from anti People think this video of Rami Malek promoting a hotel is real weird 'Bros' review: Billy Eichner's gay rom The complex allure of cursed images The interracial couple emoji is finally here following a Tinder campaign Hurricane Ian: Webcams showed Florida coastline, Fort Myers as landfall neared