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

June 17

Did You Know? (1990) when asked by Vanity Fair to name the qualities he most admired in women, Mailer answered: "Beauty, mystery, wit, and the inner superiority to be above political correctness." The remark captures his deliberately provocative public style in late-career magazine culture.

Source: Lennon, J. Michael. "Women." ↗

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