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Norman Mailer, R.I.P.(OBITUARY)(Obituary)(Brief article)
IN conversation with the book editor of NATIONAL REVIEW the subject of Norman Mailer of course came up. Passing by the event (he had died on Saturday) as if it were inconsequential was one alternative, ruled out. The most obvious reason being that Mailer was consequential, as a writer and as a human being. The next question was, Ought I to write about him? A commanding reason for this is, I suppose, that I am, so to speak, the principal obituarist at NATIONAL REVIEW. Another reason is that years ago I had pretty extensive dealings with Norman Mailer.
And so here I am, and I begin by acknowledging the truth of much that is being said about him, that he was a towering figure in American literary life for 60 years, almost unique in his search for notoriety and absolutely unrivaled in his coexistence with it. Roger Kimball of The New Criterion has written that Mailer "epitomized a certain species of ...
- The big empty and a silver voice.(books, arts & manners)(Norman Mailer and Saul...
- Magazine article from: National Review Aeschliman, M.D. April 7, 2008 700+ words
NORMAN MAILER died in New York City in November 2007, about two and a half years...Texan." In 1955, the same year William F. Buckley Jr. founded NATIONAL REVIEW, Mailer helped found the Village Voice, New York's avant-garde...
- NORMAN MAILER WRITERS COLONY
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News September 26, 2009 700+ words
...Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony have awarded the first Norman Mailer High School Nonfiction Writing Award...Birmingham, Alabama, and the first annual Norman Mailer College Nonfiction Writing Award to...
- Reflections.(Norman Mailer)
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Sipiora, Phillip September 22, 2008 700+ words
...brought forth powerful memories of Norman Mailer, the world-class writer and the...raced back to my first encounter with Norman Mailer. I strove to remember this amazing...Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Norman Mailer approaching. The celebrities hugged...
- From a novelist in waiting.(TRIBUTES)(Norman Mailer)(In memoriam)
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Light, David September 22, 2008 700+ words
I FIRST MET NORMAN MAILER IN 1961. I was in Grade 7, and...wanted to become a writer, just like Norman Mailer. I had written several short horror...just like Mr. Mailer. I met Norman Mailer again when I was in college, Why...
- The bishop and Norman Mailer.(TRIBUTES)(Paul Moore)
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Rader, Dotson September 22, 2008 700+ words
...following year I introduced him to Norman Mailer. I owed Paul Moore a great deal...unruly anti-war rally at which Norman Mailer staged his play, "D.J." at the...relationship with God was similar to Norman Mailer's-that is, his relationship was...
- Norman Mailer bibliography: 2007.(Bibliography)
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Holmes, Constance E. Wilson, Kristine A. September 22, 2008 700+ words
...Interviews "The Art of Fiction No. 193, Norman Mailer." By Andrew O'Hagan. The Paris...11 Nov 2007: 28. "The Devil in Norman Mailer." By Michael Lee. Literary Review...20 Jan 2007:30. "Even at 84, Norman Mailer Refuses to Pull His Punches." By...
- Norman Mailer, first editions: 1948-2007.(List)
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Lennon, J. Michael September 22, 2008 700+ words
...miscellany. 10. The Short Fiction of Norman Mailer (New York: Dell, 1967; published...Photographic Narrative with Text by Norman Mailer (New York: Macmillan, 1967). 14...narrative. 18. King of the Hill: Norman Mailer on the Fight of the Century (New York...
- The passing of Aquarius.(TRIBUTES)(Norman Mailer)(In memoriam)
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Triplett, Marc S. September 22, 2008 700+ words
...with relatives and, as it happened, Norman Mailer was there too, conducting interviews...successor on the Democratic ticket. Norman Mailer was interested in my opinion on the subject--Norman Mailer, author of The Armies of the Night...
Source: HighBeam Research, Norman Mailer, R.I.P.(OBITUARY)(Obituary)(Brief article)