Legacy

Oct
16
How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

WORLD PREMIERE — Norman Mailer, a towering figure in American literature, had a life that was certainly stranger than fiction. From
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Jul
12
Another Round with Norman Mailer

Another Round with Norman Mailer

Writing in the Jewish Review of Books, Jesse Tisch offers a comprehensive overview of Mailer's life and career
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Apr
13
Norman Mailer’s Anti-Fascist Eloquence

Norman Mailer’s Anti-Fascist Eloquence

Peter Keough reviews A Mysterious Country in The Arts Fuse. Keough laments that America seems to lack a current figure
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Apr
11
All Hail Mailer! A Belated Eulogy for a Fellow Jeffersonian

All Hail Mailer! A Belated Eulogy for a Fellow Jeffersonian

In Minding the Campus, Eric Clifford Graf counts Mailer as “best of the American Left.” While Mailer himself might take
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Mar
02
Chris Pine Recommends Mailer

Chris Pine Recommends Mailer

In a recent interview in Esquire, Chris Pine discusses his “Norman Mailer phase” in discussing his book recommendations. He states:
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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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