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James Gray To Write & Direct Drama Series About Norman Mailer

James Gray To Write & Direct Drama Series About Norman Mailer

James Gray will write and direct a series about Norman Mailer based on J. Michael Lennon’s biography Norman Mailer: A Double Life. The series will be produced by Mailer Tuchman Media, run by John Buffalo Mailer.

Mailer will tell the story of the rebel-intellectual, who documented the journey America took from World War II to WiFi and engaged in one of the most publicly controversial lives – of violent confrontations with literary lions like Truman Capote and Gore Vidal, political icons, sports legends, six wives and numerous mistresses.
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The Ghosts of Tough Guys

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In her recent CrimeReads article, “The Ghosts of Tough Guys Don’t Dance,” Society member Olivia Rutigliano examines Mailer’s
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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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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
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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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