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PJ Mediahttps://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2004/09/22/peter-colliers-mistake/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 23:30:09 -0400Peter Collier's Mistake<![CDATA[I mentioned on here a couple of weeks ago that after decades of making things up – writing novels and screenplays – I was now really going to make things up by writing a non-fiction book. I neglected to mention the publisher that is taking this wild risk. It is Peter Collier whose relatively new house Encounter Books has a growing reputation for serious political works. His list includes some fairly distinguished characters like Victor Davis Hanson, Roger Kimball and Norman Podhoretz. [Does Collier know what he’s getting into?-ed? Shhh…] Podhoretz in particular interests me as a model because he literally “wrote the book” on the genre in which I will be working – the memoir of political transformation. I have just finished his latest, Ex-Friends: Falling Out With Allen Ginsberg, Lionel & Diana Trilling, Lillian Hellman, Hannah Arendt, and Norman Mailer. It’s great, but it makes me nervous. I have a few interesting “ex-friends” too – but nothing like that list.]]>Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:29:14 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2004/09/22/peter-colliers-mistake-n204802