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Conference 2006

By on November 30, 2005 in Conference

October 12-14, 2006 Provincetown, MA Conference Theme: The Political Norman Mailer Conference Program (PDF) Conference Abstracts and Bios (PDF)

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Conference 2005

By on November 7, 2005 in Conference

The Norman Mailer Society extends its appreciation and gratitude to all presenters who participated at the 2005 Conference held in Provincetown on November 5 and 6. Their panel contributions made for an informative and enlightening experience for everyone in attendance. Their names and the panels they presented follow. Allen Ahearn (Quill and Brush Books), “Collecting [...]

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E.L. Doctorow to Give Keynote at 2005 Conference

By on September 19, 2005 in Announcement, Conference

Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, the distinguished novelist, was born in New York City in 1931. He is a 1952 graduate of Kenyon College and took graduate courses in English at Columbia University. He was senior editor for New American Library from 1959-1964 and editor-in-chief at Dial Press from 1964-1969. He has taught at several major universities [...]

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Mailer’s Vertical City

By on August 31, 2005 in Announcement, Society

A Raffle to Benefit The Norman Mailer Society Background: In 1965, Norman Mailer and two friends, Eldred Mowery and Charlie Brown, spent three weeks assembling a seven-foot high structure out of thousands of Lego Blocks. Titled “Vertical City,” the construction, Mailer said, “was very much opposed to LeCorbusier; I kept thinking of Mont-Saint-Michel.” He goes [...]

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Our Youngest Member

By on May 10, 2005 in Members

The youngest member of The Norman Mailer Society is Tyler Owen Walter, grandson of Treasurer David Light.

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Call for Papers: Conference 2005

By on April 10, 2005 in Announcement, Conference

The programming committee is looking for good proposals for panel presentations during this year’s third annual conference of the Norman Mailer Society, to be held in Provincetown, MA, in November of 2005. Please send your proposals (a 600-800 word abstract) or your complete paper (up to ten pages, double spaced) by June 10, 2005, to [...]

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Conference 2004

By on September 23, 2004 in Announcement, Conference

The 2004 Norman Mailer Society Meeting / Conference to be held in Provincetown, Massachusetts on November 12 and 13 is fast approaching. To mark the 20th Anniversary of Tough Guys Don’t Dance and the 25th Anniversary of The Executioner’s Song, discussions of these two books will be the heart of the conference. Mr. Lawrence Schiller, [...]

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A Letter from the President

By on November 27, 2003 in Conference

Dear Charter Members, I write to forward the Minutes of our first meeting in Brooklyn on November 1st and to bring you up to date on recent developments and future meeting plans. But first I must say that the inauguralmeeting, attended by approximately 80 members, was a success. The business meeting was followed by three [...]

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