On p. 47 [in Marilyn Monroe: A Biography, Mike Lennon] found Mr. Mailer describing what can only be understood as Ms. Monroe’s synesthesia. In recounting her first husband, Jim Dougherty’s recollections of her, he said . . .
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Conference 2012: Call for Papers
The Program Committee seeks proposals for panel presentations during the Tenth Annual International Conference of The Norman Mailer Society, to be held in Provincetown, MA. “Norman Mailer: Achievements and Paradoxes” is the theme of the conference and papers on any topic related to Norman Mailer will be considered.

Norman Mailer: Playboy Magazine Heavyweight
Although sometimes purchased because of a playmate’s allure, most Playboy magazines get read cover-to-cover, confirming the quip “I buy it for the articles.” Because less than ten percent of each issue contains nudity, the majority of monthly pages are well-known editorial features, such as the Playboy Advisor or the Playboy Interview, advice columns, cultural commentary, humor and literary selections. Using Esquire as a model, Hugh Hefner published fiction to position Playboy as more than amere “skin-magazine.”

John Buffalo Critical of Advertisements
John Mailer, son of Norman Mailer, joins 80,000 supporters of campaign on Change.org to ban sex ads that may feature minors on Village Voice-owned Backpage.com.

Participatory Journalism of Norman Mailer
Among New Journalists of the 1960s-1970s, Michael Herr, Norman Mailer, Hunter S. Thompson, and Joan Didion approached their subjects by placing themselves in the center of their narratives as protagonists and by openly acknowledging their subjective impressions of the events they reported.

Call for Papers: Review Volume 6
The Mailer Review is calling for papers on “Why Mailer Matters,” a special emphasis in the sixth volume of the Review (Fall 2012). Papers dealing with any aspect of Mailer and other figures are also encouraged.

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Feminine Take on Masculine World
Over the weekend at a gallery on West 27th Street, the young artist and onetime Playboy model Katrina Eugenia unveiled her first solo exhibition. The show itself has an epigram from Mr. Mailer’s “The Gospel According to the Son.”
Conference 2012
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Conference 2008 Announcement
December 7, 2007
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A Sampling of Letters
October 6, 2008
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Conference 2009: Hotel Information
November 16, 2008
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Preview: The Review 2011
September 2, 2011
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Mailer Passes at 84
November 10, 2007
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Was Marilyn Monroe a Synesthete?
February 3, 2012
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Conference 2012: Call for Papers
January 30, 2012
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Norman Mailer: Playboy Magazine Heavyweight
January 25, 2012
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John Buffalo Critical of Advertisements
January 13, 2012
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Participatory Journalism of Norman Mailer
December 29, 2011
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