Norman Mailer did not want to let a little fear get the better of him. For Mr. Mailer, the proudly pugilistic giant of American literature, being scared of heights was unacceptable. Heck, he lived in Brooklyn Heights.
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Call for Papers
The James Jones Society and Norman Mailer Society will sponsor a joint conference at the University of Texas, Austin, November 10-12, 2011. The event is co-sponsored by the Harry Ransom Center and will open with a wine and cheese reception, Wednesday, November 9th from 7-9 p.m.
Literary Warriors
Masculinity, toughness, fantasy women, violence, war, boxing, guns – these are the themes that unite two of the 20th Century’s greatest writers, Norman Mailer and Ernest Hemingway. The latest issue of The Mailer Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, a publication of the University of South Florida and the Norman Mailer Society, puts them on the [...]
Norris Church Mailer Memorial
A memorial for Norris Church Mailer will be held next spring in New York, and another in Provincetown. Times and places will be announced in early 2011. The family has asked that memorial contribution checks be made out to The Mailer Center, and mailed to The Mailer Center, 1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY [...]
Norris Church Mailer: Family Press Release
Norris Church Mailer (born Barbara Jean Davis in 1949) died at her home in Brooklyn Heights, New York at 10:55 AM on November 21, 2010. At her bedside were her two sons, Matthew Mailer and John Buffalo Mailer. Besides her two sons, she is survived by her mother, Gaynell Davis, two grandchildren, Mattie James and [...]
Norris Church Mailer 1949-2010
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Norris Church Mailer, widow of Norman Mailer, who died November 21, 2010, after a long and valiant struggle with cancer. Norris was many things to many people. She was an unusually gifted and talented writer, an insightful observer of the human condition, both as [...]
2010 Conference Photos
I have just posted my photos from this year’s conference in Sarasota, FL. I link to the 2010 gallery off of my blog, and I also provide links to my photos of the events from the last five years. Please let me know if I got any information incorrect. Also, if you want to order [...]
Pamuk Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s first Nobel laureate in literature, was honored on Tuesday by the Norman Mailer Center in Massachusetts with its Lifetime Achievement Award. The Norman Mailer Center and The Norman Mailer Writers Colony presented Pamuk with the 2010 Norman Mailer Lifetime Achievement Prize during the center’s annual benefit gala in New York, news agencies [...]
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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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From the NMS President
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Norris Church Mailer Celebration
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Reinventing a New Wheel: The Films of Norman Mailer
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Support for the Colony
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