News

The latest updates and news from the Society

2008

  1. Norman and Me If you’re anywhere near Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, November 23, you might want to attend “Norman and Me,” a “swapping of stories” between Jeffrey Michelson and Stephen Mailer.
  2. The Mailer Files, Part 2 I blogged last week about the FBI’s fifteen-year investigation of Norman Mailer, and this morning, The Telegraph continues the story about the notoriously paranoid J.
  3. John Buffalo Interviewed in the Daily Eagle Brad Lockwood, of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, sits down with John Buffalo Mailer for a chat.
  4. A Final Report from Mailer’s Desk A year after Mailer’s death, his editorial assistant Dwayne Raymond wrote from the attic study in Provincetown where they had worked on Mailer’s last books. The study and its desk are now at Wilkes University.
  5. Call for Papers: The Review, Volume 3 The editors of The Mailer Review are particularly interested in essays that focus on Norman Mailer’s film work and his non-fiction, especially Oswald’s Tale.
  6. Mailer Biography Goes to Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster signed J. Michael Lennon’s authorized biography of Norman Mailer in 2008; five years later it appeared as Norman Mailer: A Double Life.
  7. Announcing Volume 2 Where might you expect to find television interviewer Charlie Rose, magazine editor Tina Brown, authors Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, E.
  8. Carnegie Hall Tribute to the Life of Norman Mailer Random House and the family of Norman Mailer will present “The Time of His Time: A Celebration of Life of Norman Mailer,” which will take place at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 4 PM…
  9. Key Texts for Mailer Studies Key critical books and bibliographies for the study of Norman Mailer are arranged chronologically.
  10. Norman Mailer, First Editions, 1948-2007 Looking to purchase books by Norman Mailer?

2007

  1. Mailer in the News, 2007 Coverage of Norman Mailer and the Society in 2007, gathered from the Society’s old news feed.
  2. Mailer Memorial Date Set Six weeks after Norman Mailer’s death on November 10, 2007, the Society announced the date of his Carnegie Hall memorial, and Norris Church Mailer named the Society to receive gifts in his memory. How the Society marked his death, from the family’s announcement to a day of tributes in Provincetown.
  3. From the Editor of the Review We are deeply saddened at the passing of Norman Mailer, a literary, cultural, and intellectual giant.
  4. Mailer Passes at 84 With great sorrow, the family of Norman Mailer announces his passing on November 10, at Mt.
  5. Announcing the Mailer Review The inaugural issue of The Mailer Review contains an excerpt from Mr.
  6. Honor Mailer on November 5 An invitation to Society members to join us in honoring Norman Mailer in Cambridge.
  7. Awards Benefit The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown is presenting the Fifth Distinguished Service in the Arts Awards Benefit at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge on Monday, November 5, 2007.
  8. A New Journal for Mailer Studies At the fourth annual conference in Provincetown (October 12-14, 2006), the membership voted to establish The Mailer Review, co-sponsored by the University of South Florida.
  9. Mr. Mailer Receives Hadada Award On April 23, 2007, Mr. Mailer received the Hadada Award from The Paris Review in a New York ceremony.

2005

  1. Mailer in the News, 2005 Coverage of Norman Mailer and the Society in 2005, gathered from the Society’s old news feed.
  2. Mailer’s Vertical City A Raffle to Benefit The Norman Mailer Society Background: In 1965, Norman Mailer and two friends, Eldred Mowery and Charlie Brown, spent three weeks assembling a seven-foot high structure out of…
  3. Mailer’s Archive Goes to Austin In April 2005 Mailer sold his archive to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas for $2.5 million: how the papers were saved, what they hold, and what has come of them.

2004

  1. Mailer in the News, 2004 Coverage of Norman Mailer and the Society in 2004, gathered from the Society’s old news feed.
  2. Call for Contributers on Mailer Abby H. P. Werlock is preparing a 2-volume Companion to the American Novel for Facts on File, sequel to the award-winning The Facts on File Companion to the American Short Story, and still has…

2003

  1. To the Charter Members of the Norman Mailer Society November 27, 2003 Dear Charter Members, I write to forward the Minutes of our first meeting in Brooklyn on November 1st and to bring you up to date on recent developments and future meeting plans.