Jerry Lucas

Jerry Lucas

Nov
13
Minutes of the 2023 Business Meeting

Minutes of the 2023 Business Meeting

The business meeting of the Norman Mailer Society was held on April 20, 2023, at the beginning of the Society’
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Nov
01
Conference Book Orders & Final Reminders

Conference Book Orders & Final Reminders

The countdown has begun: we now have less than two weeks before the 21st annual conference of the Norman Mailer
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Oct
24
Where Secularism Fails

Where Secularism Fails

In his Commonweal article, “Where Secularism Fails,” Paul Baumann touches on Norman Mailer’s sharp critiques of modern secularism. Mailer
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Oct
21
Norman Mailer vs. the Big Empty

Norman Mailer vs. the Big Empty

In “Norman Mailer vs. the Big Empty,” published in Tablet Magazine, Society member David Mikics examines Mailer’s enduring critique
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Sep
30
Conference Program Draft and Reminders

Conference Program Draft and Reminders

Dear Society Members and Conference Attendees, Greetings, all. I hope this email finds you well, especially if you had a
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Aug
31
Mike Lennon Interviewed on ArtScene, with Erika Funke

Mike Lennon Interviewed on ArtScene, with Erika Funke

WVIA Public Media · J. Michael Lennon; August 30 2024 J. Michael Lennon, Professor Emeritus of English at Wilkes University, co-founder
Aug
21
The Infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as Seen by Novelist Norman Mailer

The Infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as Seen by Novelist Norman Mailer

Daniel Hautzinger, for WTTW Chicago, revisits Mailer’s Miami and the Siege of Chicago, a work of New Journalism that
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Jul
18
A Haunting Doc Captures the Majesty of the Mailer Experience

A Haunting Doc Captures the Majesty of the Mailer Experience

Variety has posted a review of Jeff Zimbalist’s How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer by Owen Gleiberman: Forget
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Jul
14
Doing The Right Thing: President Biden and Withdrawal

Doing The Right Thing: President Biden and Withdrawal

By: Governor John Waihee 1986 – 1994 State of Hawaii; Governor Ben Cayetano 1994 – 2002 State of Hawaii; Governor Neil Abercrombie
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Jul
02
Readings on the Life, Works, and Conflicts of Norman Mailer

Readings on the Life, Works, and Conflicts of Norman Mailer

LitHub has posted “What to Read Before and After Seeing How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer.” It contains a