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Dear Reed Whittemore,<ref>The poet Reed Whittemore (1919-) was editor of Carleton Miscellany.</ref>
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Ah, thank you for you invitation, but it can’t be done. I’m in trouble. I’m writing a novel for Esquire over the next eight months and since this by definition is a serial, I am suffering the perils of Pauline. Could you send me a copy of the symposium when it comes out?
Dear [[w:Reed Whittemore|Reed Whittemore]],<ref>The poet Reed Whittemore was editor of ''Carleton Miscellany''.</ref>
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Ah, thank you for you invitation, but it can’t be done. I’m in trouble. I’m writing a novel for ''[[w:Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' over the next eight months and since this by definition is a serial, I am suffering [[w:The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial)|the perils of Pauline]]. Could you send me a copy of the symposium when it comes out?
 
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Latest revision as of 10:54, 21 April 2019

NORMAN MAILER’s Letters
142 Columbia Heights
Brooklyn 1, New York
October 15, 1963

Dear Reed Whittemore,[1]

Ah, thank you for you invitation, but it can’t be done. I’m in trouble. I’m writing a novel for Esquire over the next eight months and since this by definition is a serial, I am suffering the perils of Pauline. Could you send me a copy of the symposium when it comes out?

Best, etc.,
Norman Mailer
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Notes

  1. The poet Reed Whittemore was editor of Carleton Miscellany.