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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.”

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Dahlby Essay

Editor’s note: Tracy Dahlby’s essay (The Mailer Review, Fall 2009) included errors that were introduced in the typesetting process. The following is the correct version of the essay.

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Review Excerpt 1

The following is an excerpt of J. Michael Lennon’s conversation with Lawrence Schiller in The Mailer Review, Volume 3. This is the first of several features we will be posting from the latest volume of the Review. Check back often for the newest installment.

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