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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
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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Jan
10
“The White Negro”: Norman Mailer's Essay 65 Years Later

“The White Negro”: Norman Mailer's Essay 65 Years Later

“‘The White Negro’: Norman Mailer’s Essay 65 Years Later” by Peter Dreier considers Mailer’s 1957 essay in light
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Jan
07
Norman Mailer Wanted to Be Cancelled

Norman Mailer Wanted to Be Cancelled

“[Mailer] stalked the twentieth century like a proud satyr: hideous, provocative, funny and insightful, and always true to himself,” writes
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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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