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The latest updates and news from the Society

2023

  1. Critical Mass: Norman Mailer at 100 With Mailer’s 100 birthday approaching, Philip Martin writes an overview of Mailer’s life and highlights recent publications, arguing: He was a technician…
  2. Remembering Norman Mailer In this morning’s San Antonio Express-News, Rafael Castillo pays homage to Mailer for his up-coming centenary.
  3. Fiction for the Ages Today’s The Ohio Star recommends The Naked and the Dead for its “timeless themes and insight into reality, in addition to being enjoyable tales in [its] own…
  4. A Literary Sucker Punch Another not-so-favorable review of Bradford’s new biography of Mailer appears today in The Guardian.
  5. Mailer on “Gilmore Girls” Showbiz Cheat Sheet’s Elise Nelson reminisces about the time Norman Mailer guest starred on Gilmore Girls and explains why Mailer was able to improvise…
  6. Revisiting Naked In today’s Wall Street Journal, Sam Sacks reviews the new Library of America volume Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead & Selected Letters 1945-1946.
  7. Mailer’s Last Days Today’s National Review has a dual review featuring J.

2022

  1. The Making of Norman Mailer In today’s The New Yorker, David Denby writes about Mailer’s experience in and around World War II, his writing of The Naked and the Dead, and his early…
  2. Mailer on Pot High Times has posted a classic interview with Mailer conducted by Richard Stratton in 2004, perhaps in anticipation of the upcoming publication of Lipton’s…
  3. Review Delay From the editor of The Mailer Review, Phil Sipiora: This is to inform everyone that we remain slowed down by supply chain delays.
  4. The Best Gift Books Esquire has compiled a list of “ the best books to give as gifts ”: “The writers behind our 2022 Esquire Book Club selections—George Saunders, John Waters,…
  5. Facebook Live Event Please join us Thursday, January 5th at 2pm CT (3pm ET) for a Facebook Live discussion and Q&A featuring Robert J.
  6. A Mysterious Country Preorder Now available for preorder: Norman Mailer’s Mysterious Country: The Grace and Fragility of American Democracy edited by J.
  7. Norman Mailer Society Centennial Conference: Reminders and Updates Greetings, members of the Norman Mailer Society!
  8. The Best Books to Start Reading Norman Mailer Society member and scholar Robert J.
  9. Conference 2023: Call for Papers The Norman Mailer Society invites paper proposals for its 20th annual conference, which will celebrate Norman Mailer’s centenary.
  10. LOA’s The Naked and the Dead Now available for preorder from the Library of America: Norman Mailer: The Naked and the Dead & Selected Letters 1945-1946 (LOA #364) , edited by J.
  11. MGA Post Follow-Up Middle Georgia State University has posted a blurb about the recent Lipton’s Journal excerpt published by Times Literary Supplement.
  12. Lipton’s Journal Excerpted in the TLS The Time Literary Supplement has published an excerpt from the forthcoming Lipton’s Journal: “ Saint and Psychopath .” Co-edited by J.
  13. Mailer at 100 Robert J.
  14. Rare-Book Dealer Charged After Pilfered Eagles Lyrics Come to Light Glenn Horowitz and two other men are accused of conspiring to sell Don Henley’s notes, including the words to “Hotel California.” He placed the papers of…
  15. The Outer Limits In “The Shores of Bohemia,” John Taylor Williams explores 50 years in the iconoclastic summer colonies of Cape Cod.
  16. When Vonnegut met Mailer in Cape Cod’s “Helltown” Provincetown was a place of enchantment, light, and art.
  17. Culture That Made Me: Colm Tóibín on Hemingway, Sean-nós and Cinema In advance of his appearance at West Cork Literary Festival, the Co Wexford-born writer selects some of his touchstone references in literature, film and music.
  18. Current Mailer Projects A roundup of current and forthcoming Mailer-related books, films, and projects compiled by J. Michael Lennon.
  19. 2021 Lucid Winner Maggie McKinley wins the Robert F.
  20. Mailer Centenary Projects J. Michael Lennon · Books, editions, films, plays, and documentaries in the works for Norman Mailer’s 2023 centenary, as J. Michael Lennon listed them in May 2022.
  21. April 16, 1973: from Publishers Weekly Grosset & Dunlap was founded in 1898 and, after having numerous owners, is now a children’s imprint of the Penguin Group.
  22. The 8 Best Sports Biographies Every Fan Needs To Read The Fight takes the number one position: Centered around one of the biggest boxing matches of all time, this 1975 book details the story of Muhammad Ali and…
  23. James Gray To Write & Direct Drama Series About Norman Mailer James Gray will write and direct a series about Norman Mailer based on J.