Jerry Lucas

Jerry Lucas

Oct
23
Society Update

Society Update

Greetings, members of the Norman Mailer Society! I hope this finds you all doing well. I just wanted to touch
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Oct
16
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

WORLD PREMIERE — Norman Mailer, a towering figure in American literature, had a life that was certainly stranger than fiction. From
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Oct
10
Bowen Alpern

Bowen Alpern

Bowen died in the early evening of Wednesday, October 4, after a year-long journey with a malignant brain tumor that
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Oct
01
Ed Fancher, a Founder of The Village Voice, Is Dead at 100

Ed Fancher, a Founder of The Village Voice, Is Dead at 100

When he started the alternative weekly with Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer in 1955, he later said, “We were crazy
Jul
12
Another Round with Norman Mailer

Another Round with Norman Mailer

Writing in the Jewish Review of Books, Jesse Tisch offers a comprehensive overview of Mailer's life and career with emphasis
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May
26
Special Performance

Special Performance

Creative Center for the Arts presents: A Ticket to the Circus written by Bonnie Culver, directed by Michelle Danner An
Apr
27
Norman Mailer’s Ripe Garbage

Norman Mailer’s Ripe Garbage

Writing for The Baffler, Rob Madole reviews the Library of America’s latest edition of The Naked and the Dead,
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Apr
13
Norman Mailer’s Anti-Fascist Eloquence

Norman Mailer’s Anti-Fascist Eloquence

Peter Keough reviews A Mysterious Country in The Arts Fuse. Keough laments that America seems to lack a current figure
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Apr
11
All Hail Mailer! A Belated Eulogy for a Fellow Jeffersonian

All Hail Mailer! A Belated Eulogy for a Fellow Jeffersonian

In Minding the Campus, Eric Clifford Graf counts Mailer as “best of the American Left.” While Mailer himself might take
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Mar
02
Chris Pine Recommends Mailer

Chris Pine Recommends Mailer

In a recent interview in Esquire, Chris Pine discusses his “Norman Mailer phase” in discussing his book recommendations. He states:
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