Norman Mailer

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

RJ Eskow | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics


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."

Norman Mailer Sex Memoir — X-Rated And Unpublished — Purchased By Harvard

Huffington Post via New York Post | Posted 04.23.2008 | Media


An unpublished memoir about sex with Norman Mailer, as well as a novel edited by the late author, was recently sold to Harvard (Mailer's alma mater) b...

Norman Mailer Remembered In Massive Carnegie Hall Memorial

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment


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...

New Kids Say the Darndest, Most Afrocentric Things

David Wild | Posted 04.07.2008 | Entertainment


David Wild

I'm not certain if I was the first music writer to attempt to abbreviate New Kids On The Block to NKOTB. But I'm pretty damn sure I was the first to ever publicly dub the Kids' young female fan base as being "Blockheads."

Mitticisms: "Effectively"

Chris Kelly | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


Chris Kelly

What kind of idiot lies, and in his defense claims that he was trying to split hairs? Mitt Romney is George Bush trying to be Bill Clinton.

Norman Mailer: The Ultimate Hipster King?

moreintelligentlife.com | Christian Lorentzen | Posted 01.02.2008 | Living


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...

Remembering Artists And Entertainers Who Died In 2007

AP | Polly Anderson | Posted 12.29.2007 | Entertainment


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...

Norman Mailer Awarded "Bad Sex" Prize

Reuters | Posted 11.27.2007 | Entertainment


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...

A Funny Thing About Norman Mailer

Eric Alterman | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics


Eric Alterman

: When speaking at the memorial service for Arthur Schlesinger Jr. a while back, Mailer made the odd comment that he was really just an acquaintance o...

If Democrats Chose Gore and Republicans Chose Hagel

Brent Budowsky | Posted 11.18.2007 | Politics


Brent Budowsky

Gore and Hagel may well have greatness in their futures, but what is sad for our democracy is the role they play, and do not play, in our present.

Thank you, Norman Mailer

Christopher Lydon | Posted 11.15.2007 | Entertainment


Christopher Lydon

It's been a pleasure since his passing to picture Norman Mailer finally meeting the Maker he's been courting so originally, so well, these many years. There was a theologian inside that novelist.

Boston Phoenix Basks In The Spotlight

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.15.2007 | Media


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....

John Buffalo and Norman Mailer: What Took Us Into Iraq?

David Bromwich | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


David Bromwich

Norman Mailer: These administration honchos are very, very intelligent with what they are intelligent at, but they're stupid as sludge when they are stupid.

My Conversations with Norman Mailer

Charlie Rose | Posted 11.13.2007 | Entertainment


Charlie Rose

2007-11-13-maileronroseo.jpgMailer was on the program 11 times over the years, talking about his books, the art of writing and America.

Heaven Just Got A Lot More Interesting

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.12.2007 | Entertainment


Arianna Huffington

People who are brash and profane and radical are often assumed to be anti-God, but this was certainly not the case with Mailer. He aggressively believed in God, reincarnation, and an afterlife.

On Norman Mailer's Passing: When the Curtain Rises

Norman Lear | Posted 11.11.2007 | Entertainment


Norman Lear

On Sunday morning, I read Charles McGrath's excellent review of Mailer's life -- and I choose "review" rather than obituary deliberately -- because Mailer was as much a piece of extraordinary theater as he was "towering writer."

The Late Norman Mailer for President

Chris Kelly | Posted 11.10.2007 | Entertainment


Chris Kelly

What would his negatives be? That he's dangerous or crazy? You mean as opposed to McCain? That he's dead? You mean as opposed to Thompson? Viable? If he could keep his mouth shut, he'd be the GOP frontrunner.

Norman Mailer

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Posted 11.10.2007 | Entertainment


Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

2007-11-10-20071110mailersized.jpgNorman Mailer, Gore Vidal and Kurt Vonnegut visited the studio to sit for a group portrait for Vanity Fair.

A General Area of Dignity and a Turducken in Every Pot

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.10.2007 | Media


Karen Dalton-Beninato

My production note to studio chiefs: come film New Orleans' alternate reality and then give your writers a piece of the new media pie.

Remembering Norman Mailer

Paul Krassner | Posted 11.10.2007 | Entertainment


Paul Krassner

When Norman Mailer wrote his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, he used a euphemism--"fug"--for fuck. The first time I encountered Mailer, I asked him about it.

Norman Mailer's City

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.10.2007 | Living


RJ Eskow

Did I like Norman Mailer? It's like asking if I like my own genetic signature. Did I admire Norman Mailer? I don't even understand the question. He has always been with me, and he always will be. Like it or not.

Norman Mailer: Death and Remembrance

Posted 11.10.2007 | Entertainment


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 ...

'Denied in Full': Federal Judges Grill CIA Lawyers on JFK Secrets

Jefferson Morley | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics


Jefferson Morley

One of the strongest open government measures ever enacted, the future of the JFK Assassination Records Act is now in question as the CIA seeks judicial permission to defy its provisions.

Norman Mailer, 84, Hospitalized After Lung Surgery

AP | Posted 10.17.2007 | Entertainment


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...

Becoming the Top Dog: How to One Up and Down Up

Jill Brooke | Posted 07.06.2007 | Business


Jill Brooke

The art of oneupmanship is a delicious sport played daily by thousands, in parlors, posh parties, pubs and public arenas, all with various subtleties, subtexts and motivations.


 

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