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Feb
24
The Reckless Truth-Teller

The Reckless Truth-Teller

The podcast Open Source “un-forgets” Norman Mailer on their latest episode “Norman Mailer Turns 100” with an interview of the
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Feb
17
The Importance of Norman Mailer

The Importance of Norman Mailer

Reviewer David Masciotra has published a detailed review of Mailer’s collection A Mysterious Country. He writes: Critics dismissed his
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Feb
16
In the Ring with Mailer

In the Ring with Mailer

In today’s TLS, James Marcus gets in the ring with Mailer by reviewing two books by Society members J.
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Feb
11
When American Writers Had Grit

When American Writers Had Grit

David Mikics weighs in on the current cancel Mailer controversy. He writes: Mailer saw into the deep fissures of Sixties
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Feb
02
A Hundred Years of Norman Mailer

A Hundred Years of Norman Mailer

Published also for Mailer’s birthday, Ronald Fried has interviewed J. Michael Lennon about his latest memoir Mailer’s Last
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Feb
02
LOA’s Mailer at 100

LOA’s Mailer at 100

To celebrate Mailer’s centenary and their publication of The Naked and the Dead, the Library of America has posted
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Jan
31
Let’s All Celebrate Norman Mailer

Let’s All Celebrate Norman Mailer

Today, David Mikics writes his own centenary paean to Mailer on Tablet. He writes: Norman Mailer was born on Jan.
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Jan
31
100 Years of Norman Mailer

100 Years of Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer, one of the most iconic and influential American writers of the 20th century, would have turned 100 years
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Jan
30
Out Tomorrow: A Mysterious Country

Out Tomorrow: A Mysterious Country

Edited by John Buffalo Mailer and J. Michael Lennon, A Mysterious Country collects Mailer’s commentary on the grace and
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Jan
27
High Life

High Life

Taki, writing for the Spectator in Australia simultaneously disses the latest “hatchet job” biography of Mailer and gives reasons why
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