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query-nytimes-com-1266		EXISTENTIALISM, SEMIOTICS AND ICED TEA - The New York Times			.html	text/html	1229	91	68	EXISTENTIALISM, SEMIOTICS AND ICED TEA The New York Times THE 27 interviews collected in this volume span the length of Walker Percy's literary career from the publication of his novel ''The Moviegoer'' in 1961 through the publication of his second work of nonfiction, ''Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book,'' which appeared in 1983. Indeed, by the time one finishes ''Conversations With Walker Percy,'' one can expect to know the highlights of the writer's life by heart. Mr. Percy's main philosophical interests are in Kierkegaard and the existential tradition that he helped to inaugurate, and in the philosophy of language that stems from the late Susanne Langer's work on symbols. How many times do scholars have to accompany interviewers on a trip to this writer's home in Covington, La.? ''A: Interviewers always ask the same questions, such as: What time of day do you write?	./cache/query-nytimes-com-1266.html	./txt/query-nytimes-com-1266.txt