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Jason Miller discusses [2019’s conference](https://wilkes.edu/revisethis) in the November issue of *Revise This!* Dec 13, 2019

Jason Miller discusses 2019’s conference in the November issue of Revise This!

Susan Mailer and J. Dec 2, 2019

Susan Mailer and J.

Walter J. Minton, a publishing scion and risk taker with a self-described ‘nasty streak’ who as head of G.P. Putnam’s Sons released works by Norman Mailer and Terry Southern among others and signed up Vladimir Nabokov’s scandalous *Lolita*, has died at age 96. Nov 21, 2019

Walter Minton, US publisher of ‘Lolita,‘ dies at 96.

[Lauren Michele Jackson Wants to Change How We Talk About Appropriation](https://www.thenation.com/article/lauren-michele-jackson-white-negroes-interview/) Nov 9, 2019

Via The Nation, “Lauren Michele Jackson Wants to Change How We Talk About Appropriation”: “I honestly can’t remember when I first encountered White Negro|Mailer’s essay], but it was in the back of my head as I was compiling this project and thinking of a name for it.

[Mailer Tuchman Media Debuts Film And TV Slate Anchored By Norman Mailer Drama](https://deadline.com/2019/11/mailer-tuchman-media-debuts-film-and-tv-slate-norman-mailer-drama-1202774991/) Nov 4, 2019

Via Deadline, “Mailer Tuchman Media Debuts Film And TV Slate Anchored By Norman Mailer Drama”: “Mailer Tuchman Media has launched with an initial slate of film and TV projects anchored by Mailer, a drama series about the late author/provocateur.

[Steal This Archive? Abbie Hoffman’s Papers Become a College Collection](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/27/arts/abbie-hoffman-archive.html). Oct 27, 2019

Via New York Times: “[Steal This Archive?

**The book that changed my mind**: *The Executioner’s Song* by Norman Mailer. I’d always been against capital punishment and that was that; this novel made me truly think it through. I remain against capital punishment, but I have clearer reasons now. Oct 13, 2019

Nnedi Okorafor on influential books: “The book that changed my mind: The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer.

[Michael Lennon]([J.)], [Pedro Lennon]([Donna)], and [R. Oct 12, 2019

Michael Lennon], Pedro Lennon], and [R.

The [Mailer Society/Conference/2019 Wilkes-Barre, PA|2019 Conference]([Norman)] begins tomorrow. Oct 9, 2019

The Mailer Society/Conference/2019 Wilkes-Barre, PA|2019 Conference] begins tomorrow.

[Some Lines, On the Occasion of Discovering That One of Donald Trump’s Border Plans Was a Moat Filled With Snakes](https://slate.com/culture/2019/10/donald-trump-snake-alligator-moat-kubla-khan-coleridge.html). Oct 3, 2019

Via Slate, Matthew Dessem has some words for Donald Trump: “Some Lines, On the Occasion of Discovering That One of Donald Trump’s Border Plans Was a Moat Filled With Snakes.”

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