Novelist, journalist, director, provocateur, pugilist — love him or hate him, Norman Mailer helped shape the culture of twentieth-century America. We publish new and archival posts about and inspired by this literary icon. A publication of Project Mailer.

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Steal This Word!

Steal This Word!

Norman Mailer’s premier achievement in language
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WORKSHOP TSLJan 8
Mailer’s Trip from Poetry to Espionage

Mailer’s Trip from Poetry to Espionage

By: David Armstrong
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Project MailerNov 28, 2015
Beyond the Law

Beyond the Law

A review by Susan Brenner
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Project MailerNov 28, 2015
Mailer _ _ _ _ “Self-Indulgent Fool”

Mailer _ _ _ _ “Self-Indulgent Fool”

By: Becky Hamilton
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The Norman Mailer SocietyNov 28, 2015
Twelfth Round

Twelfth Round

A 1983 interview with Norman Mailer by Robert J. Begiebing
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The Norman Mailer SocietyNov 6, 2015
Interview with Norman Mailer

Interview with Norman Mailer

By: Christopher Busa
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The Norman Mailer SocietyNov 8, 2015
Beyond The Law

Beyond The Law

By: Norman Mailer
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The Norman Mailer SocietyNov 2, 2015
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Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

For the “Norman Mailer” Publication
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 4, 2014
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Mailer Goes Egyptian

Mailer Goes Egyptian

By: Marie Brenner
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 21, 2015
Norman Mailer Speaks His Mind

Norman Mailer Speaks His Mind

By: Redford MacDougall
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 16, 2015
Handsome As An Old Truck

Handsome As An Old Truck

Edward Bonetti talks with Christopher Busa
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 12, 2015
Why Norman Mailer Won’t Dance

Why Norman Mailer Won’t Dance

America’s Favorite Tough Guy Makes a Movie Out of His Most Recent Novel
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 11, 2015
Mailer by the Bay

Mailer by the Bay

A 1987 article-interview by David Thomason
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 10, 2015
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A Tribute to Barry Leeds

A Tribute to Barry Leeds

By: Maggie McKinley
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The Norman Mailer SocietyApr 17, 2015
Norman ’n’ Me

Norman ’n’ Me

By: Elizabeth Greenwood
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 6, 2014
Mount Hope with Mike Lennon

Mount Hope with Mike Lennon

Edward J. Delaney’s interview with J. Michael Lennon
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The Norman Mailer SocietyJan 2, 2015
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The Castle in the Forest

The Castle in the Forest

A review of Norman Mailer’s latest novel by Hilary Masters
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The Norman Mailer SocietyNov 2, 2015
Beyond Protest

Beyond Protest

By: Tom Henehan
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The Norman Mailer SocietyNov 1, 2015
October 2015 Updates

October 2015 Updates

The annual conference of the Norman Mailer Society was held in Provincetown, MA, September 30 through October 3, 2015.
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 29, 2015
Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man

Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man

An Interpretive Biography
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 28, 2015
Novelist Mailer Turns His Latest Book into a Movie

Novelist Mailer Turns His Latest Book into a Movie

A 1987 interview with Norman Mailer by David Sterritt.
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The Norman Mailer SocietyOct 8, 2015
Mashed-Up Mailer, on Demand!

Mashed-Up Mailer, on Demand!

With the publication of Kevin Schultz’s Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties and the release of the…
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WORKSHOP TSLSep 18, 2015
For Better or Verse

For Better or Verse

How Mailer Used Creative Misdirection at a Critical Time
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WORKSHOP TSLAug 31, 2015
Where Is the Modern-Day Mailer?

Where Is the Modern-Day Mailer?

Have a look over the panorama of living, working, published writers in America.
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WORKSHOP TSLJul 28, 2015
Norman Mailer Publication Newsletter

Norman Mailer Publication Newsletter

July 2015
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The Norman Mailer SocietyJul 11, 2015
Once More, Into the Maze

Once More, Into the Maze

“I discovered something in the course of writing [Armies of the Night]…. When you’re writing about intellectual matter, don’t try to prove…
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WORKSHOP TSLJul 9, 2015
Translating Works & Days

Translating Works & Days

Introducing the first Digital Humanities initiative supporting Project Mailer | #MailerWD
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Gerald R. LucasJul 8, 2015
Existentialism, Violent Liberation, and Racialized Masculinities:

Existentialism, Violent Liberation, and Racialized Masculinities:

Norman Mailer’s “The White Negro” and An American Dream
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The Norman Mailer SocietyJun 26, 2015
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