Conversations With William F. Buckley Jr.

by Meehan, William F., III

• ISBN13: 9781604732245
• ISBN10: 1604732245
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Mississippi

Summary

Although recognized for foundingNational Review, hosting television’sFiring Line, and being one of the principal architects of the American conservative movement, William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) was also a prominent literary figure. At his peak he produced about 350,000 words for publication a year, and he was never at a loss for what to say or how to say it. He wrote over 7,000 columns, articles, reviews, introductions, forewords, obituaries, and more, in addition to publishing fifty-seven books of fiction and nonfiction.Conversations with William F. Buckley Jr.features interviews from 1970 to 2005, in which Buckley holds court on a variety of subjects: the Cold War, civil rights, literature, sailing, and the many strands of American culture and politics. Throughout his life, he was a prime subject for interviews, as his observations combined raw intelligence, vigorous wit, and a healthy sense of humor.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Chronology	p. xix
Playboy Interview	p. 3
"I Fear the Attrition of the Law's Prestige": A Conversation with	p. 45
Airborne Again	p. 69
Bookviews Talks to	p. 74
William F. Buckley Jr.: Off the Firing Line	p. 81
Buckley's Delicate Dilemma	p. 89
Stained Glass: An Interview with the Playwright	p. 93
William F. Buckley Jr.: Happy Days Were Here Again	p. 99
William F. Buckley Jr.: The Art of Fiction CXLVI	p. 119
A Novel Individual: An Interview with William F. Buckley on His Fiction	p. 144
Buckley on Belief	p. 151
William F. Buckley Jr. on The Redhunter, A Novel Based on the Life of Senator	p. 158
"Live" with TAE	p. 162
Objectivist Sex-and Politics: An Interview with	p. 169
Old School Joseph Rago	p. 175
Index	p. 179
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