"Palimpsest." by Gore Vidal. He calls it a memoir, not an...

I'm Reading. . .

May 12, 1996

"Palimpsest." by Gore Vidal. He calls it a memoir, not an autobiography. He takes great delight in setting everybody straight. It's very amusing - with vignettes about all kinds of famous people.

Oh, it's a gossipy little thing, I'd recommend it if you happen to be interested in the 1950s and 1960s world of sophistication.

- Nona Porter, a first-grade teacher at Grace and St. Peter's school in Baltimore. She is a mother of five and grandmother of nine children.

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