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Notes & comments: February 2007.(New York Times Book Review's paean to Norman Mailer)(human animal relations)(Viewpoint essay)
"His perfect sense of the other"
We had thought that by this time we would be immune to being surprised by The New York Times Book Review. We have often had occasion to criticize that mighty organ of literary celebrity, as much for what it neglects to review as for what, and how, it does. (About the former: we predicted some months back that Mark Steyn's America Alone, one of the most important books to be published last year, would not be reviewed in the Times: so far, its only appearance in the Times has been on its bestseller list.) Yet in its issue for January 21, the Book Review did it again: we frankly acknowledge that we were ... well, surprised doesn't ...
- `The Castle in the Forest': Who needs another book on Hitler? Even one by...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) Romano, Carlin January 24, 2007 700+ words
...Romano "The Castle in the Forest" by Norman Mailer; Random House ($27.95...and novels after World War II? Would Norman Mailer, at 84, think the little painter...feel you're reading a book about Norman Mailer. Surprise? The narrator of this bizarre...
- Mailer's last words.('On God: An Uncommon Conversation' by Norman Mailer and...
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Bowers, John September 22, 2008 700+ words
On God: An Uncommon Conversation By Norman Mailer with Michael Lennon New York: Random, House, 2007 265 pp. Cloth $26.95 On God: An Uncommon Conversation by Norman Mailer with Michael Lennon is a true gem. It comes out appropriately at...
- Norman Mailer, The Spooky Art, Some Thoughts on Writing.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: The Literary Review Kennedy, Thomas E. June 22, 2003 700+ words
New York: Random House, 2003. An impoverished New York Times review of Norman Mailer's The Spooky Art (22 February 2003) focuses on the book's idiosyncrasies--which, admittedly, are well in evidence...
- Norman Mailer, metaphysician at work.(On God: An Uncommon Conversation)(Book...
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Sipiora, Phillip September 22, 2008 700+ words
On God: An Uncommon Conversation By Norman Mailer with Michael Lennon New York: Random, House, 2007 265...song, "Everything Old Is New Again," reminds me of Norman Mailer's final book, On God. An Uncommon Conversation. Allen...
- Stormin' Norman: Mailer on Saddam, Bush and post-9-11 America.('Why Are We at...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Gates, David April 14, 2003 700+ words
Byline: David Gates Don't miss Norman Mailer's "Why Are We at War?"--a rush job combining interview...early '60s, it's conventional wisdom today--thanks to Norman Mailer. And he sees worse times ahead: both homegrown totalitarianism...
- Citizen Mailer: in his finest work, Norman Mailer applied subjective journalism...
- Magazine article from: Columbia Journalism Review Piazza, Tom November 1, 2008 700+ words
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Early in Norman Mailer's The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel...third person, as if he were a character in a novel. "Norman Mailer," the character, is treated as a mock-heroic protagonist...
- A 25th anniversary toast.(TRIBUTES)(Norman Mailer)(In memoriam)
- Magazine article from: The Mailer Review Hicks, Alexander September 22, 2008 700+ words
...uncomprehending review of Ancient Evenings in the New York Times Book Review to get down to his own work. Instead he wrote up and sent...attributed Lincoln as well as Tough Guys Don't Dance to Norman Mailer, I would receive back word from Vidal stating that Lincoln...
- 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...
Source: HighBeam Research, Notes & comments: February 2007.(New York Times Book Review's...