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10
Oct
Mailer Archive at Wilkes
The Society helped to dedicate the new Norman Mailer Archive at Wilkes University during our recent conference. Mailer biographer J.
09
Oct
2025 Business Meeting Agenda
22nd Annual Norman Mailer Society Conference
October 9, 2025, 9:00 AM
1. Conference Program Overview
1. Reception and luncheon
23
Jun

The Son Also Rises
In this interview with Alex Rollins Berg, Substack (June 2024), John Buffalo Mailer reflects on the life, work, and legacy
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03
Apr

Fighting for One’s Fiction
In his LitHub article, “Fighting for One’s Fiction: How Norman Mailer Taught Me to Defend My Plots,” Anthony Giardina
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01
Apr

McCarthy and Mailer
In his Collider article “10 Novels To Read if You Love No Country for Old Men,” Luc Haasbroek recommends Mailer’
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01
Apr
Call for Papers, Conference 2025
The 22nd Annual Conference of the Norman Mailer Society
Wilkes University – Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
October 9–11, 2025
The Norman Mailer
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02
Feb

Mike Lennon Interview
J. Michael Lennon, Emeritus Professor of English at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre and authorized biographer of Norman Mailer: Norman Mailer:
31
Jan

Happy Birthday, Norman!
Today, Norman Mailer would have been 102. Here are some birthday wishes and mentions from around the Interwebs.
* Lit Hub
27
Dec

How Norman Mailer Changed the Face of Biography
In his Spectator article, “How Norman Mailer Changed the Face of Biography,” Society member Robert Dean Lurie examines Mailer’s
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23
Dec

We Must All Be Left Conservatives Now
In his New Statesman article, “We Must All Be Left Conservatives Now,” Lee Siegel considers Norman Mailer’s self-description as
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