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 [...]
Archive | November, 2008
“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 [...]
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.
Conference 2009
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 [...]
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 — [...]
