The Norman Mailer Society

Welcome to the Norman Mailer Society.

We promote the study, preservation, and celebration of Norman Mailer’s life and work.

The Norman Mailer Society, a non-profit organization, was founded in 2003 to celebrate Norman Mailer, author of 40 books and the chronicler of the American Century. It has approximately 300 members and meets annually for three days for panels, papers, films and informal discussion about the life, work, and reputation of the late Mr. Mailer.

This Day in Mailerian History

October 1

An American Dream (1965) spent 6 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list and reached no. 8. It confirmed that his serial-to-book strategy could still generate national attention.

Source: Lennon, J. Michael. "Norman Mailer's Best Sellers." The Mailer Review 2.1 (2008): 270-271.

Featured Spotlight

Barbara Mailer Wasserman

Writer, Sister of Norman Mailer dies at 98.

Mailer’s Wake, Among the Masons

Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler’s River of Fundament, their opera based on Ancient Evenings, returns to New York for an eight-hour screening in the Grand Lodge on November 14.

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