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Jun
09
Joan Didion on Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song

Joan Didion on Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song

Literary Hub has published an excerpt from Joan Didion’s 1979 review of The Executioner’s Song. I think no
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May
05
Norman Mailer: Prisoner of Sex

Norman Mailer: Prisoner of Sex

Tomiwa Owolade revisits The Prisoner of Sex. He writes: The Prisoner of Sex is an odd book. Mailer refers to
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Apr
20
A Badge of Honor

A Badge of Honor

In “A Badge of Honor,” Taki Theodoracopulos writes about Mailer and cancel culture: Mind you, to be canceled is to
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Apr
20
A Badge of Honor

A Badge of Honor

In “A Badge of Honor,” Taki Theodoracopulos writes about Mailer and cancel culture: Mind you, to be canceled is to
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Apr
08
Cape Cod author Peter Manso, 80, Dies

Cape Cod author Peter Manso, 80, Dies

Manso, 80, was known for sprawling, extensively researched biographies of Norman Mailer and Marlon Brando, and for a book recounting
Mar
27
Morris Dickstein, Critic and Cultural Historian, Dies at 81

Morris Dickstein, Critic and Cultural Historian, Dies at 81

Sam Roberts writes: Morris Dickstein, a literary critic, cultural historian and City University of New York professor who was among
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Mar
15
When in Need of the Right Word, Great Writers Simply Make Them Up

When in Need of the Right Word, Great Writers Simply Make Them Up

Ralph Keyes of Literary Hub discusses Mailer’s infamous fug and factoid in “When in Need of the Right Word,
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Jan
05
Photos from Maidstone

Photos from Maidstone

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Feb
03
Graduate Writing Award

Graduate Writing Award

The Norman Mailer Society invites submissions for its first annual Graduate Writing Award, which recognizes high-quality graduate student work about
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