Why Mailer Matters: Three Reasons

By on November 16, 2011 in Biography, Heritage

Mailer was the most important public intellectual in the American literary world for over 30 years, and along with other figures such as William Buckley, Saul Bellow, Gore Vidal and Susan Sontag, helped establish the creative writer as important a commentator as politicians, pundits and professors.

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Conference 2011 Hotel Information

By on September 12, 2011 in Conference

The first conference hotel is The Mansion at Judges’ Hill, with the price of $159.00 per night. You may begin to make reservations via phone (512-495-1800) or email (reservations@judgeshill.com). At this time, The Mansion does not accept group reservations on-line. When you call in or email you must state “I am with the Mailer-Jones Societies Group.” If [...]

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Preview: The Review 2011

By on September 2, 2011 in The Mailer Review

I am pleased to inform you that we are well along in preparing the 2011 issue. We will feature memorial tributes to Norris Church Mailer, who tragically passed away in November of 2010. Norris was a stalwart supporter of the Review, and she will always be in our thoughts and pages.

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Conference 2011: Mailer and Jones

By on April 18, 2011 in Announcement, Conference

The Norman Mailer Society and the James Jones Society will hold a joint conference at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin on November 9, 10, 11 and 12 (2011). The details of this joint conference will be evolving. You should have received a Call For Papers from Bonnie Culver, who, along with [...]

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Norman Mailer Apartment For Sale

By on April 18, 2011 in Norman Mailer

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

By on April 15, 2011 in Announcement, Conference

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.

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Literary Warriors

Literary Warriors

By on January 29, 2011 in News, The Mailer Review

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 [...]

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Norris Church Mailer Memorial

Norris Church Mailer Memorial

By on December 8, 2010 in Family, News

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 [...]

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