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Norman and Me

By on November 21, 2008 in Announcement, Events

If you’re anywhere near Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, November 23, you might want to attend “Norman and Me,” a “swapping of stories” between Jeffrey Michelson and Stephen Mailer. Michelson was Norman Mailer’s “chauffeur, shopper, and sparring partner” during the summer of 1967 in Provincetown, and subsequently the two became decades-long friends.

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Conference 2009: Hotel Information

By on November 16, 2008 in Conference, 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. Dial 1-800-619-9468 or by email: [...]

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Mailer Memorial Date Set

By on December 24, 2007 in Events

There will be a memorial event for Mr. Mailer, who died on November 10th, at Carnegie Hall in New York on April 9th, 2008, at four p.m. Please check this website for possible date and time changes. Carnegie Hall is located at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue. Tickets for the general public will be available [...]

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Conference 2008 Announcement

By on December 7, 2007 in Announcement, Conference

The Program Committee seeks proposals for panel presentations during the Sixth Annual Conference of The Norman Mailer Society, to be held in Provincetown, MA.

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Post Conference Updates

By on October 16, 2007 in Announcement, Conference

On God: An Uncommon Conversation, Mr. Mailer’s latest book, was published by Random House on October 16, 2007. Excerpts appeared in the October 15, 2007 issue of New York magazine. Additional excerpts will appear in the December Playboy magazine. Copies of the new book can be ordered via Amazon or Barnes & Noble. The ISBN [...]

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Announcing the Mailer Review

By on October 1, 2007 in Announcement, The Mailer Review

The inaugural issue of The Mailer Review contains an excerpt from Mr. Mailer’s unpublished 1942 play, “The Naked and the Dead”; sixteen of his letters from the 1950s; William Kennedy’s address to the 2006 Mailer Society conference; reviews of The Castle in the Forest by Robert Begiebing, Barbara Probst Solomon, Christopher Ricks and Phillip Sipiora; [...]

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Honor Mailer on November 5

By on September 20, 2007 in Announcement, Events

An invitation to Society members to join us in honoring Norman Mailer in Cambridge. The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is presenting the Fifth Distinguished Service in the Arts Awards Benefit at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge on Monday, November 5, 2007. The Gilbert Franklin Medal will be presented to Norman Mailer, Michael Mazur [...]

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Awards Benefit

By on August 22, 2007 in Announcement

The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is presenting the Fifth Distinguished Service in the Arts Awards Benefit at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge on Monday, November 5, 2007. The Gilbert Franklin Medal will be presented to Norman Mailer, Michael Mazur and Ted Landsmark at a festive cocktail reception and gala dinner, including a silent [...]

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