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    Norman Mailer

    For 19th century dentist, see Norman William Kingsley.

    American writer (–)

    Norman Mailer

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    BornNachem Malech Mailer
    ()January 31,
    Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
    DiedNovember 10, () (aged&#;84)
    New York City, U.S.
    Occupation
    • Novelist
    • essayist
    • journalist
    • columnist
    • poet
    • playwright
    EducationHarvard University (BS)
    Period–
    Notable works
    Spouses

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    Children9, including Susan, Kate, Michael, Stephen, and John

    Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, – November 10, ), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist and

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    Harper's Magazine Vol. No. (March )

    Various (Morris, Willie (Editor); Mailer, Norman et al.)

    New York, NY, USA: Harper's Magazine, Inc., First Printing. Stapled Sheets in Wrappers. This vintage March number of the venerable American magazine first published in , then-chiefly edited by William Weaks "Willie" Morris (, who had been appointed Harper's youngest editor the previous year), is largely devoted to a four-part special essay by Norman Mailer (), the prize-winning novelist & Towering Figure in American fiction & journalism whose works are now enshrined in the Library of America series. Entitled "The Steps of the Pentagon," this is a "book-length reportan account of the author's experiences during the Washington peace demonstration (against the Vietnam War) last Octoberto our knowledge, the longest piece of original writing carried in a single issue of "Harper's" in the Magazine's years." (Editors' statement, pg. 47). Later during , an amended nonfiction-novel (in

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    AN INTERESTING SLANT ON THE TRUMAN CAPOTE/HARPER LEE RELATIONSHIP BY NORMAN MAILER&#;  (Originally published Dec. &#;07)

    Someone forwarded the following essay to me, and I thought &#; in light of Norman Mailer&#;s recent death &#; that it was of great interest, especially considering my personal love of the book, &#;In Cold Blood&#;&#;

    In the winter of , I returned to the works of Truman Capote, reading through his entire corpus for the first time in 25 years. I don&#;t believe there is a finer stylist in the history of American letters, and yet the legacy left in the minds of most Americans fryst vatten that of a preening, flamboyant gay man high on drugs and liquor and the social-climbing obsession of the rich and famous.

    Capote was openly and extravagantly gay, a caricature of han själv driven to a fame and notoriety that was forever threatening his work as a writer. But that&#;s the way it was; to say how much more he could have accomplished had he been, well, less notorious, is to lamen