Washington Intersections: Ideology, Culture, and Biography Watch this space for the latest information about our 2009 conference that will be held in Washington, DC on October 23 and 24. The theme of the Conference is “Washington Intersections: Ideology, Culture, and Biography.” The Conference will kick-off at the Library of Conference on October 23. The Conference [...]
Archive | November, 2008
75 Books…
From Esquire, via Collected Miscellany, comes “75 Books Every Man Should Read.” It lists Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead as #25 (I might have scored it higher than some of those above it) — in the company of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, DeLillo, Melville, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Faulkner, and Roth. This is, indeed, a man’s list — [...]
The Mailer Files, Part 2
I blogged last week about the FBI’s fifteen-year investigation of Norman Mailer, and this morning, The Telegraph continues the story about the notoriously paranoid J. Edgar Hoover’s monitoring of Mr. Mailer. In 1962, Hoover called for a memo on Mailer: The FBI’s first Mailer memo, dated June 29 1962, contained enough incriminatory material to fuel [...]
Mailer on Marriage
Dwayne Raymond mentions Norman Mailer’s opinion on (gay) marriage in his Huffington Post article “Marriage, Money, and LDS Possibilities“: My dear departed and very heterosexual friend Norman Mailer (six marriages — all to females) once called marriage an excrementitious union. Ruthless, yes, but spot on. Personally, I believe everyone has the right to screw up [...]
A Final Report from Mailer’s Desk
Also in the Brooklyn Eagle today is Dwayne Raymond’s article “A Final Report from Mailer’s Desk.” His remembrance of Norman Mailer is told from Mailer’s study in his Provincetown house, giving insights into his writing practices, the significance of the decor, and his composition of The Castle in the Forest. As the editorial assistant to [...]
John Buffalo Interviewed in the Daily Eagle
Brad Lockwood, of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, sits down with John Buffalo Mailer for a chat. In “John Buffalo Mailer: A Brooklyn Jew with Cowboys in Arkansas,” John Buffalo discusses his experience as editor at High Times, his own writing, and his relationship with his father: I try to focus on the work and not [...]
Voting with Mailer
In an article in The Huffington Post, writer Dwayne Raymond remembers voting in the 2004 presidential election with Norman Mailer in Provincetown. In “On Voting with Norman Mailer,” Raymond remembers the respect that America and the his local community had for Mailer’s political acumen, even if they didn’t share his views: “Norman was loyal and [...]
One Year Ago
As if we needed any reminder, one year ago today, our epynom passed. Remembering you today, Norman Mailer.
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Conference 2008 Announcement
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A Sampling of Letters
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Conference 2009: Hotel Information
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Preview: The Review 2011
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Mailer Passes at 84
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Was Marilyn Monroe a Synesthete?
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Conference 2012: Call for Papers
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Norman Mailer: Playboy Magazine Heavyweight
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John Buffalo Critical of Advertisements
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Participatory Journalism of Norman Mailer
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