William Buckley and NM, Part 3

William Buckley and NM, Part 3

By on July 7, 2010 in Video

Part three of William Buckley and Norman Mailer in 1968.

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William Buckley and NM, Part 2

William Buckley and NM, Part 2

By on July 6, 2010 in Video

Part two of William Buckley’s 1968 interview with Norman Mailer on Firing Line.

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William Buckley and NM

William Buckley and NM

By on July 5, 2010 in Video

William Buckley interviews Norman Mailer in 1968 on Firing Line, Part 1.

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Russian Spy

Russian Spy

By on July 4, 2010 in In the Blogosphere

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

Norman Mailer: The American

By on July 4, 2010 in Heritage

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

Mailer on Life

By on July 3, 2010 in Quotations

“…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

Mailer on Violence

By on July 1, 2010 in Quotations

“Violence is the last frontier in literature.” Interview with Andrew O’Hagan, Paris Review, No. 181 (Summer 2007).

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A Norman Life

A Norman Life

By on June 30, 2010 in Family

Oprah has named Norris Church Mailer’s A Ticket to the Circus as one of her 10 Terrific Reads of 2010. From Judith Newman’s review in O, the Oprah Magazine: Just how irresistible was Norman Mailer? Gloria Steinem said that anybody who would marry him couldn’t be “healthy, well-adjusted, conscious, or aware”—but she was friends with [...]

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