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Emily Dickinson and the Buddha vs. the WWF

Dean Sluyter | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Advertisements for Myself, Zen, Poetry, Franny and Zooey, Meditation, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Anatta, Nirvana, Donald Rumsfeld, World Wrestling Federation, Self-Inquiry, New York Review of Books, Gospel of Thomas, Norman Mailer, Buddha, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Advaita, J.D. Salinger, Wwf, Mohandas Gandhi, Jesus Christ, Eastern Wisdom, Emily Dickinson, Buddhism, Transcendentalists, Amherst, Dzogchen, Living News
Dean Sluyter

When the dream of self dissolves, we awake and see that the true church is wherever we are.

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The Good, the Bad, & the Mediated

Carter Phipps | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Thomas De Zengotita, Consciousness, Mediated, Harpers Magazine, Narcissism, Marshall Mccluhan, Mediation, Posmodernity, Post-Modernism, Evolution, Pop Culture, Media, Norman Mailer, Culture, Media News
Carter Phipps

Everyone should read Thomas de Zengotita, not because he has the answers but because he's breaking new ground in tracking a whole field of disconcerting cultural trends.

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New Rules for a New Era

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Millennial Generation, Millennials, Barack Obama, Civic Generation, John F. Kennedy, Baby Boomers, Obama's Inauguration, GI Generation, Age, Obama Inauguration, New York Times Magazine, The New York Times, Barack Obama Inauguration, Norman Mailer, Politics, Activism, Inauguration, Political Activism, New York Times, Politics News
Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Unlike candidates in the idealist era that just ended, Obama ran a national campaign and competed in formerly rock-ribbed Republican states. His reward? Victory in nine 2004 red states.

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The Coulter Guise

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Lifestyle, Lillian Hellman, Rightwing, Ann Coulter, Books, Norman Mailer, Nbc, Media News
Dwayne Raymond

I watched Ann Coulter spew again yesterday morning on NBC's Today Show. I wonder why it is that she keeps coming back like an angry rash to the skin ...

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Marriage, Money and LDS Possibilities

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion and Politics, Money, Norman Mailer, Gay Marriage, Mormons, Mormon Prop 8, Latter Day Saints, Politics News
Dwayne Raymond

Marriage is not an easy union, regardless of genitalia. Fifty percent end abysmally. This begs the question: why do the Mormons want to keep gays out of it?

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On Voting with Norman Mailer

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Memoir, Norman Mailer, Voting, Politics News
Dwayne Raymond

Norman was a political giant of American letters. To vote with him was a surreal experience because it is rare to find oneself so close to a man whose writings had prompted social scrutiny from so many.

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The More Things Change: Norman Mailer and the 1964 Republican Convention

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 11.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: 1964 Civil Rights Act, The New Yorker, Fidel Castro, Barack Obama, 1964 Republican Convention, The New York Times, William F. Buckley, Barry Goldwater, Republican Convention, Norman Mailer, John McCain, Entertainment News
Erik Lundegaard

Goldwater lost that election, of course, he lost big, but in later years even the much-hated media would see that convention, and that loss, as the birth of the modern Republican party.

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The World Is Ending, Or, What I Had For Lunch With My Friend, The Ambassador

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Tom Wolfe, The New Journalism, Infotainment, Thomas L. Friedman, Norman Mailer, Hot Flat and Crowded, Global Warming, Hunter S Thompson, Book Reviews, Green News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

New Journalism has gone cold, flat, and crowded, as too many books, movies, and TV talking heads showcase journalists calling attention to themselves. Paradigmatic example: Thomas Friedman's new book.

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Jill Johnston On Palin: Little More Than A Smokescreen

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

Read More: Betty Friedan, John McCain, Gloria Steinem, Joe Biden, Debates, Norman Mailer, Feminism, Poitics, Jill Johnston, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

With Palin as president, we have not only the possibility of an idiot at the helm of government, but a woman who insults the real gains made by women in politics and other arenas. Not to mention the insult to Hillary, an accomplished, intelligent woman.

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Paris Hiltons of Elections Past

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, John F Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Mccain Paris Hilton Ad, Walter Lippmann, Paris Hilton Mccain Ad, Norman Mailer, Barack Obama, Grand Theft Jesus, Ronald Reagan, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

When they ran for president, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy were seen as fluff -- celebrities -- but they are now generally seen as the two greatest presidents of the past century.

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From 'A More Perfect Union' to Prices at the Grand Union

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Democratic Primaries, Hillary Clinton, More Perfect Union Speech, Jfk, Lyndon Johnson, Norman Mailer, Barack Obama, Indiana Primary, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

It's becoming clear that Obama needs to do a better job speaking to the kind of voter once condescendingly described as a "regular person."

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Norman Mailer Sex Memoir — X-Rated And Unpublished — Purchased By Harvard

Huffington Post via New York Post | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Carole Mallory, Norman Mailer Sex Memoir, Norman Mailer Mistress, Norman Mailer, Media News

An unpublished memoir about sex with Norman Mailer, as well as a novel edited by the late author, was recently sold to Harvard (Mailer's alma mater) b...

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Norman Mailer Remembered In Massive Carnegie Hall Memorial

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Norman Mailer, Norman Mailer Memorial, Tina Brown, Charlie Rose, Joan Didion, Sean Penn, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — You need a big block of time, and space, to say goodbye to Norman Mailer. More than 2,000 mourners filled Carnegie Hall to near capa...

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Norman Mailer: The Ultimate Hipster King?

moreintelligentlife.com | Christian Lorentzen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: White Negro, Norman Mailer, Norman Mailer Death, Norman Mailer White Negro, Living News

Norman Mailer endorsed murder, or so his critics would have you believe. Christian Lorentzen goes back to the essay in question and finds Mailer guilt...

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Remembering Artists And Entertainers Who Died In 2007

AP | Polly Anderson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Deborah Kerr, Richard Jeni, Celebrities, Luciano Pavarotti, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Entertainment News

World War II service shaped the lives and careers of authors Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut, and in turn their works were profoundly influential in t...

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Norman Mailer Awarded "Bad Sex" Prize

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bad Sex in Fiction, Norman Mailer, Norman Mailer Death, The Castle in the Forest, Entertainment News

Writer Norman Mailer, a giant of the American literary scene and twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, was posthumously given the Bad Sex in Fiction A...

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Boston Phoenix Basks In The Spotlight

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Boston, Maggie Shnayerson, This Is How We Cram Lots of Little Nuggets Into One Item, Lou Dobbs, Stephen Colbert, Norman Mailer, Village Voice, Stephen Colbert for President, Romenesko, Stephen Colbert Rambo, Mainstream Media, Rudy Giuliani, Wayne Barrett, Rudy Giuliani 2008, Boston Phoenix, Boston the City Not the Rock Group, Media News

What makes a trend again? Today the Boston Phoenix is getting the media love, with not one, not two, but three stories getting link love in medialand....

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Norman Mailer: Death and Remembrance

Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Norman Mailer, Norman Mailer Memorial, Norman Mailer Author, Norman Mailer Death, Norman Mailer Obit, Mailer for Mayor, Pulitzer Prize Winner Norman Mailer, Jimmy Breslin, Norman Mailer for Mayor, Entertainment News

Norman Mailer, the Pulitzer-winning novelist and towering figure of American letters, died today in Manhattan, at the age of 84. Over the course of a ...

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Norman Mailer, 84, Hospitalized After Lung Surgery

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Norman Mailer is recovering in a hospital after surgery to remove scar tissue around his lung, his daughter-in-law said Wednesday. "He's been getting...

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