What the Society noticed about Mailer in 2015: books, films, articles, events, and the people around him. Each item links to its source where one survives.
January
- 2 — A look at how Mailer, over a sixty-year career, took on Jesus, the CIA, and Gary Gilmore in his effort to understand his country.
February
- 25 — The University of South Florida celebrates the latest Mailer Review, with articles on Mailer’s major works and reminiscences from those who knew him: “Sparkling Times for Norman Mailer’s Legacy.” USF News
March
- 20 — The Norman Mailer Society Podcast, created and hosted by Justin Bozung, launches on iTunes, with new episodes every two weeks. Hear every episode.
April
- 9 — Danielle Mailer and J. Michael Lennon talk at the Hickory Stick Bookstore in Washington, Connecticut, on April 26.
- 16 — Barry Leeds’s memoir A Moveable Beast: Scenes from My Life draws the connections between literature and life over his seven decades.
- 29 — A companion book to Building Provincetown, the survey of the town’s architecture and history through 600 notable properties, is announced.
May
- 7 — An essay on boxing, Mailer, and the art of getting hit: “When Writers Attack.” Literary Hub
- 27 — CBS Sunday Morning visits Provincetown, opening with Mailer’s words from Advertisements for Myself.
June
- 8 — Taschen publishes Mailer on Kennedy. The Pop History Dig
- 23 — The graduate creative writing program at Wilkes University, home to J. Michael Lennon and Bonnie Culver, marks its tenth anniversary. The Citizens’ Voice
July
- 15 — Esquire Classics republishes Mailer’s 1953 short story “The Language of Men.” Esquire Classic
August
- 9 — How Mailer, like J. K. Rowling, planned his plots with mind maps. Burnt Toast Editorial
- 9 — Mendelson finds Mailer “less interested in human beings than in the quasi-divine forces they embodied”: “Recycling Norman Mailer.” Jewish Journal
September
- 8 — Kristin FitzPatrick publishes her debut story collection, My Pulse Is an Earthquake, with West Virginia University Press. West Virginia University Press
- 27 — The Boston Globe previews the Society’s Provincetown conference, where half a dozen of Mailer’s children join the scholars. See the 2015 conference.
October
- 5 — Esquire’s fifty greatest covers include Mailer on Madonna. Esquire
- 13 — The No Filter series at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg screens a Mailer documentary. LitReactor
- 14 — The Village Voice, founded by Dan Wolf, Edwin Fancher, and Norman Mailer, is sold to Peter Barbey. The New York Times
November
- 2 — A Mailer cousin finds himself cast in Blind, directed by Michael Mailer from a script by John Mailer: “Star Turn.” Peter Alson
- 13 — David Ebershoff writes about the long road to the film of his debut novel, The Danish Girl.
December
- 11 — Esquire recalls “Superman Comes to the Supermarket,” in which Mailer cast John F. Kennedy as a hero who could join the business of politics to the business of stardom. Read it.
- 14 — The Norman Mailer Center honors its 2015 student and teacher writing winners with $17,500 in prizes. The Wall Street Journal