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Feb
08
A Nuanced Reading of “Canceled” Writers

A Nuanced Reading of “Canceled” Writers

Readers respond to Michael Mailer’s piece about his father and other “canceled” writers in the Boston Globe. A nuanced
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Feb
07
Barbara Mailer Wasserman Interviewed

Barbara Mailer Wasserman Interviewed

Barbara Mailer Wasserman is interviewed on Artscene by Erika Funke.
Feb
04
Jason Epstein, Editor and Publishing Innovator, Is Dead at 93

Jason Epstein, Editor and Publishing Innovator, Is Dead at 93

Jason Epstein, Editor and Publishing Innovator, Is Dead at 93. Editor of Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Jean Strouse,
Feb
03
Canceling My Father, Norman Mailer

Canceling My Father, Norman Mailer

Michael Mailer writes “Canceling my father, Norman Mailer: The US needs to stop eating its own” in the Boston Globe.
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Feb
02
Norman Mailer Wasn’t Canceled

Norman Mailer Wasn’t Canceled

David Klion argues that the The White Negro “deserves to be studied and situated in its context rather than censored
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Jan
31
99

99

Today would have been Norman Mailer’s 99th birthday.
Jan
20
What Norman Mailer’s “Cancellation” Reveals

What Norman Mailer’s “Cancellation” Reveals

Michael Mailer contextualizes the Cancel Mailer controversy and makes an argument for publishing companies to be a place for the
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Jan
17
The Effort to “Delete” American Novelist Norman Mailer

The Effort to “Delete” American Novelist Norman Mailer

In “The effort to ‘delete’ American novelist Norman Mailer,” David Walsh argues that “[t]he censorship of Mailer’s work
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Jan
11
Mailer Controversy on Podcast

Mailer Controversy on Podcast

On the BFG Podcast #037, renowned book critic Carolyn Kellogg joins Neal Pollack to talk about the Cancel Mailer controversy,
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Jan
10
If Norman Mailer Can Be Cancelled, No One Is Safe

If Norman Mailer Can Be Cancelled, No One Is Safe

“If Norman Mailer can be cancelled, no one is safe,” argues Tim Black, perhaps overstating the issue based on the
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