First, I must thank all those who worked to make the 2008 conference one of our best. Program Chair Phil Sipiora and co-chair Deb Martinson put together a marvelous program. It was highlighted by a full day of tributes to Norman Mailer at the Provincetown Theater, the spirited Begiebing-Bufithis dialogue, and the films assembled by [...]
The Mailer Files 3: Who Killed Marilyn?
by admin on 26. Nov, 2008 in In the Media, Politics
Joe Stephens is back with his latest installment of the Mailer Files — the recently public paper trail of Hoover’s 15-year investigation of Norman Mailer — in The Washington Post. This week it’s “Who Killed Marilyn Monroe?” No, it wasn’t NM. Stephens quotes an FBI memo: “Mailer suggests that ‘right-wing’ FBI and CIA Agents had [...]
The Paris Review Interviews
by admin on 23. Nov, 2008 in In the Media
Norman Mailer’s April 2007 interview, among others, have been collected in a new publication: The Paris Review Interviews Volume 3. From their description: With an introduction by Margaret Atwood, this volume brings together another rich, varied crop of literary voices, including Martin Amis, Norman Mailer, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, Harold Pinter, and more. “A colossal literary event,” as [...]
Norman and Me
by admin on 21. Nov, 2008 in Announcement, Events
If you’re anywhere near Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, November 23, you might want to attend “Norman and Me,” a “swapping of stories” between Jeffrey Michelson and Stephen Mailer. Michelson was Norman Mailer’s “chauffeur, shopper, and sparring partner” during the summer of 1967 in Provincetown, and subsequently the two became decades-long friends.
Wasps & the Republicans
by admin on 20. Nov, 2008 in In the Blogosphere
Blogger Andrew Seal considers his recent work with the Obama campaign compared to Mailer’s political analyses in Miami and the Siege of Chicago. Seal is interested in Mailer’s role as Teiresias, prophet of American democracy; thus his reading is examines Mailer’s predictions of Wasp power and the rise (and fall?) of the Republican party.
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Conference 2008 Announcement
07. Dec, 2007
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A Sampling of Letters
06. Oct, 2008
- Conference 2009: Hotel Information 16. Nov, 2008
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Mailer Passes at 84
10. Nov, 2007
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Brooklyn Hall of Fame
05. Dec, 2008
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Mike Lennon to the TLS
18. Aug, 2010
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Maggie Mailer’s “The Balloonists”
30. Jul, 2010
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Mailer on Provincetown
09. Jul, 2010
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William Buckley and NM, Part 3
07. Jul, 2010
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William Buckley and NM, Part 2
06. Jul, 2010
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