William Buckley interviews Norman Mailer in 1968 on Firing Line, Part 1.
Russian Spy
Lawrence Schiller writes: When I mention that I am here collaborating on a project with the American writer Norman Mailer, his face lights up. “Mailer!” he exclaims. “He is even in our KGB encyclopedia! This is a man who writes what he believes!” It doesn’t take much effort to get him to tell us the [...]
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Norman Mailer: The American
Movie Trailer via AuthorScoop. From their description on YouTube: A provocateur, a rebel, a performer, and a true American, Norman Mailer never stopped giving people something to talk about. This documentary goes beyond the Mailer of the book shelves and NY Times best seller list to Mailer the social critic, family man, filmmaker, and lover. [...]
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Mailer on Life
“…there was that law of life so cruel and yet so just that one must grow or else pay more to remain the same.” The Deer Park
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Mailer on Violence
“Violence is the last frontier in literature.” Interview with Andrew O’Hagan, Paris Review, No. 181 (Summer 2007).
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