Archive | January, 2009

Conference 2009: Call for Paper Abstracts

By on January 12, 2009 in Announcement, Conference

The Program Committee seeks proposals for papers and panel presentations during the Seventh Annual Conference of The Norman Mailer Society to be held in Washington, D.C. Norman Mailer’s literary, political, and personal relationships to the dramatic forces of power in our nation’s capital prompt the theme of our 2009 conference: “Washington Intersections: Ideology, Culture, and [...]

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Anshen’s “A New Politics”

Anshen’s “A New Politics”

By on January 11, 2009 in The Mailer Review

Excerpted below are the first two pages of David Anshen’s “A New Politics of Form in Harlot’s Ghost” from The Mailer Review, Volume 2. Support the Society and the Review and purchasing a copy. We’ll be publishing more excerpts over the next couple of weeks. Keep checking back.

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Writers Colony Mentioned

By on January 10, 2009 in Heritage, Information

Wicked Local Provincetown has an article today about the spring opening of the Norman Mailer Writers Colony. The article offers background information and details about upcoming workshops, including one led by Society president J. Michael Lennon: The next workshop is led by J. Michael Lennon May 31 through June 6; he will teach the writing [...]

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New Flickr Group

New Flickr Group

By on January 4, 2009 in Information, Web Site

As you know, the Society has it’s own Flickr account where we post photos of Norman Mailer and Society conferences. Now we have our own group. The benefit of having a group is that anyone with a Flickr account can post photos to this group. However, you do not have to be a member of [...]

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