News
The latest updates and news from the Society
2017
2016
- Mailer in the News, 2016 Coverage of Norman Mailer and the Society in 2016, gathered from the Society’s old news feed.
- Bios of Presenters, Actors, and Moderators for MailerConf16 Neil Abercrombie: “Norman Mailer made the opening statement of his post-World War II contemporaries on technology in his “war” book The Naked and The Dead .” Thus began my Ph.D.
- The Norman Mailer Society 2016 Membership Drive Welcome to the 2016 Norman Mailer Society Membership Drive.
2015
- Mailer in the News, 2015 Coverage of Norman Mailer and the Society in 2015, gathered from the Society’s old news feed.
- 2015 Lucid Award The recipient of the 2015 Lucid Award goes to Kevin Schultz.
- The Barry Leeds Travel Fund In 2015 the Society established the Barry Leeds Travel Fund in memory of its founding vice president, with a gift from his daughter, Dr. Ashley Leeds: travel grants for students coming to the annual conference, and an award for scholars going to the Mailer papers at the Harry Ransom Center.
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- Remembering Barry H. Leeds Barry Leeds—teacher, the first Mailer scholar, and a founder and vice president of the Norman Mailer Society—died on April 15, 2015. He was 74.
- A Letter from Mike I write to ask you to consider sending a proposal for a paper, panel or some other presentation for the 13th annual Mailer Society conference in Provincetown, Massachusetts, October 1-4.
- 2015 Norman Mailer Society Membership Drive Dear Mailerians! In celebration of what would have been Norman Mailer’s 92nd birthday, this post officially kicks off the 2015 Norman Mailer Society Membership Drive.
2014
- Mailer in the News, 2014 Coverage of Norman Mailer and the Society in 2014, gathered from the Society’s old news feed.
- The Mystery of Katrina of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade Proposal is Solved | Brooklyn Heights Blog The Mystery of Katrina of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade Proposal is Solved | Brooklyn Heights Blog As previously reported, over the weekend someone posted a giant banner facing the Brooklyn Heights…
- From Bonnie Culver Thursday welcome and registration begins at 4 p.m.
- Mailer Gala, 2014 News Today, the Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony announced that Don DeLillo, Billy Collins, and Katrina vanden Heuvel, will be the 2014 recipients of the prestigious Norman Mailer Prize.
- Patricia Ahearn Patricia Ahearn—artist, bookseller, co-founder of Quill & Brush, and co-author with her husband, Allen, of standard guides to book collecting—died in May 2014. The Society’s Board remembered her as a former Board member.
- Remembering Deborah Martinson Deborah Martinson—biographer of Lillian Hellman, Occidental College professor, a founding member and Board member of the Norman Mailer Society, and organizer of many of its conferences—died on April 26, 2014. She was 67.
- The Two Mailers Two Mailers is a new play by Ronald K. Fried inspired by “The Big Empty,” a book of conversations between legendary author Norman Mailer and his youngest son, the journalist and playwright John…
- Call for Papers (#MailerConf14) The Wilkes University graduate Creative Writing Department is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 12th annual meeting of the Norman Mailer Society, which will be held October 9-11, 2014 on…
- 2014 Membership Drive In celebration of what would have been Norman Mailer’s 91st birthday, this e-mail officially kicks off the 2014 Norman Mailer Society Membership Drive.
2013
- Mailer in the News, 2013 Coverage of Norman Mailer and the Society in 2013, gathered from the Society’s old news feed.
- Ransom Center Acquires Papers of Writer Barbara Probst Solomon AUSTIN, Texas — The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of Barbara Probst Solomon, a prolific writer and…
- Brooklyn Walking Book Tour The Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony is inviting you to the Norman Mailer Brooklyn Walking Book Tour hosted by our faculty member and Mailer’s authorized biographer, J.
- The Review: Upcoming in the 2013 Issue I am pleased to inform you that we are well along in preparing the 2013 issue.
- NM Center Countdown Just a reminder that May 1, 2013 is the deadline to apply for our summer fellowship and workshop program in Brooklyn Heights.
- Two Mailers Reading Please join us for a reading of TWO MAILERS A new play by Ronald K.
- Law & Disorder Society president Mark Olshaker has published LAW & DISORDER, a book dealing with themes that were very important to Norman Mailer: the meaning of justice and the struggle to overcome prejudice,…
- 2013 Membership Drive In celebration of what would have been Norman Mailer’s 90th birthday, this post officially kicks off the 2013 Norman Mailer Society Membership Drive.