The Writers’ Bloc
September / October, 2018
In 1971 Playboy hosted the world’s literati for days of debate and nights of carousingFirst, assemble the writers. Only grade A stock will do: Ray Bradbury, Gay Talese, Shel Silverstein, Michael Crichton and dozens more. Add a handful of equally notable activists, economists and academics such as Jesse Jackson, John Kenneth Galbraith and Virginia Johnson. Entice them with panel discussions, public readings and a lounge for private tete-a-tetes—plus evening parties at the Playboy Mansion and Play...
