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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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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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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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