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<p>Created page.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{LJtop}}<br /> Dialogue: Yesterday, Hiram Haydn{{refn|A prominent figure in the postwar New York literary world, and longtime editor of &#039;&#039;The American Scholar&#039;&#039;, [[w:Hiram Haydn|Haydn]] (1907-1973) was an editor at Random House when it turned down &#039;&#039;The Deer Park&#039;&#039;.}} called me and in his Abe Lincoln voice started to felicitate me on the Putnam deal.<br /> <br /> &lt;blockquote&gt;Haydn: Congratulations, boy, you made it.<br /> <br /> Mailer: You mean, &#039;&#039;they&#039;&#039; made it.<br /> <br /> Haydn: (Pause) You’ll have to forgive me, Norman. My manners are a little off today.&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> It was wonderful. A year ago I would have gone on for five minutes about how lucky I was, and how pleased, and I would have tried to show what a nice modest guy I am, all the while throwing shit on myself{{ins|, and on &#039;&#039;[[The Deer Park]]&#039;&#039;.}}<br /> <br /> {{Notes|title=note|width=60em}}<br /> <br /> {{LJnav}}<br /> [[Category:January 26, 1955]]</div>

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