The Playboy Interview: Men of Letters

The Playboy Interview: Men of Letters

About the Series: In mid-1962, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner was given a partial transcript of an interview with Miles Davis. It covered jazz, of course, but it also included Davisâ€™s ruminations on race, politics and culture. Fascinated, Hef sent the writerâ€”future Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author Alex Haley, an unknown at the timeâ€”back to glean even more opinion and insight from Davis. The resulting exchange, published in the September 1962 issue, became the first official Playboy Interview and kicked off a remarkable run of public inquisition that continues todayâ€”and that has featured just about every cultural titan of the past half century.
To celebrate the interviewâ€™s 50th anniversary, the editors of Playboy have assembled 13 compilations of the magazineâ€™s most (in)famous interviewsâ€”from big mouths and wild men to sports gods and literary mavericks. Here is our collection of 12 interviews with the most riveting writers.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-11-23
Format Kindle eBook

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