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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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Lennon on Books Podcast

Lennon on Books Podcast

By on February 17, 2009 in Letters

The New York Review of Books just published a recent Podcast interview with J. Michael Lennon about Mailer’s letters. In the way of an introduction, they write: J. Michael Lennon, who is at work on an authorized biography of Norman Mailer, speaks with Sasha Weiss about Mailer’s letters and what they reveal about his ambitions, [...]

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Letters on Writing

By on February 14, 2009 in Letters

Today, the Guardian published a selection of Norman Mailer’s letters with notes provided by Mike Lennon.They write: The first letter was written to his parents when Mailer was still in the army and working on The Naked and the Dead. The second was written to his editor at Little, Brown while he was revising the [...]

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Letters…

By on January 16, 2009 in Letters

The January 2009 issue of Playboy contains 27 previously unpublished Mailer letters, focusing mainly on film, actors and celebrity.  Some of the recipients are Marlon Brando, Lillian Ross, James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Gordon Lish, Henry Miller, Jimmy Breslin, Jack Abbott and Gore Vidal.  The letters were edited by J.  Michael Lennon. An additional selection of [...]

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