Archive | November, 2008
Conference 2008 Wrap-Up

Conference 2008 Wrap-Up

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 [...]

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The Mailer Files 3: Who Killed Marilyn?

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 [...]

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<i>The Paris Review</i> Interviews

The Paris Review Interviews

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 [...]

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Norman and Me

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.

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Wasps & the Republicans

Wasps & the Republicans

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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Mailer Makes Another Esquire List

Norman Mailer’s 1960 nonfiction narrative “Superman Comes to the Supermarket” made the “The 7 Greatest Stories in the History of Esquire Magazine” list. From the introduction: Five years ago, we named “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” by Gay Talese, the greatest story Esquire ever published. Here, as we close out our 75th anniversary celebration, are [...]

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“Obscene and Bitter,” Says FBI

“Obscene and Bitter,” Says FBI

Following on the coattails of the FBI’s fifteen-year investigation of Norman Mailer comes their literary critique of his work. With a follow-up story to their report on Hoover’s interest in Mailer, the Washington Post‘s Joe Stephens offers more insight into just what the FBI found out. This week, the FBI’s literary critic described Mailer’s Miami [...]

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Conference 2009: Hotel Information

Hotel Information The hotel for the 2009 conference is the Capitol Hill Suites. A small block of rooms has been set aside (with discounted rates) for The Norman Mailer Society. Reservations should be secured as soon as possible. Capitol Hill Suites is in walking distance of the Library of Congress. Dial 1-800-619-9468 or by email: [...]

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