Posts Tagged ‘j. michael lennon’

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.

The New York Review of Books just published a recent Podcast interview with J. Michael Lennon about Mailer’s letters. In the way of an introduction, they write:
J. Michael Lennon, who is at work on an authorized biography of Norman Mailer, speaks with Sasha Weiss about Mailer’s letters and what they reveal about his ambitions, his [...]

The January 2009 issue of Playboy contains 27 previously unpublished Mailer letters, focusing mainly on film, actors and celebrity.  Some of the recipients are Marlon Brando, Lillian Ross, James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Gordon Lish, Henry Miller, Jimmy Breslin, Jack Abbott and Gore Vidal.  The letters were edited by J.  Michael Lennon.
An additional selection of Mailer [...]

First, I must thank all those who worked to make the 2008 conference one of our best.  Program Chair Phil Sipiora and co-chair Deb Martinson put together a marvelous program.  It was highlighted by a full day of tributes to Norman Mailer at the Provincetown Theater, the spirited Begiebing-Bufithis dialogue, and the films assembled by [...]