Archive | June, 2009

Ricks Knighted

By on June 29, 2009 in Announcement

The Mailer Society is pleased to announce that Christopher Ricks, keynote speaker at the 2008 Society conference in Provincetown, has been knighted as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours.  He was granted knighthood for his “services to scholarship.”  Congratulations to Sir Christopher!

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Taschen Readies $1,000 Apollo 11 Book

By on June 16, 2009 in Writing

From Publishers Weekly: Famously edgy illustrated book publisher Taschen is about to release its biggest project since GOAT, the $5,000 homage to Muhammad Ali it published in 2004. Next month, Norman Mailer, MoonFire: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 will go on sale for $1,000. The 350-page slipcased hardcover will be Mailer’s first posthumously published book, and [...]

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Mailer’s Letters on An American Dream, 1963-69

By on June 10, 2009 in Letters

A second printing of 50 copies of 76 Mailer letters concerning the conception, composition, publication and reception of his 1965 novel, An American Dream, has been made available to The Mailer Society. Bound in maroon buckram, with gold spine lettering, this edition is identical to the first limited edition of 140 copies, except for its [...]

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