An anonymous writer for The Economist asks “What should readers make of Norman Mailer’s life and work?” and attempts to supply an answer.

With Mailer’s 100 birthday approaching, Philip Martin writes an overview of Mailer’s life and highlights recent publications, arguing: He was a technician…

In this morning’s San Antonio Express-News , Rafael Castillo pays homage to Mailer for his up-coming centenary.

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…

Another not-so-favorable review of Bradford’s new biography of Mailer appears today in The Guardian .

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…

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 .

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…

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…