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	~~{{NMletter}}~~

	~~{{Letterhead start\|styles = margin: 2em 2em 2em 2em}}~~

	~~::::::::::::::::::::142 Columbia Heights<br />~~
	~~::::::::::::::::::::Brooklyn 1, New York<br />~~
	~~::::::::::::::::::::December 15, 1963~~

	~~Dear Eiichi,~~

	Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged ''[[The Presidential Papers]]'' and the new novel, ''[[An American Dream]]'', is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle<ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works.</ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.

	As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 ''New York Review of Books'' titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of ''The Presidential Papers'' that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|''The New York Review of Books'']], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, ''whether he wished to or not'', for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.

	~~::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />~~
	~~::::::::::::::::::::Norman~~


	~~December 16~~

	P.S. Just now I spoke to Henry Morisson of [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]] Literary Agency, Inc., (580 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N.Y.; cable address: Scottmere), and told him that you were to have complete and final say-so on all Japanese matters, and that he would please instruct Tuttle to that effect. Morrison promised to send a telegram today to Tuttle clarifying the matter and passing on my instructions that in all matters Tuttle is to obtain your final approval. This gives you complete power over Tuttle, Eiichi, and I think it would be best to have as little to do with Tuttle as possible, because I have found that when I have the power to make decisions but continue to work with other people that I tend to give away some of my power in embarrassment, forcing myself to accept suggestions I don’t really like in order to save the feelings of the other person. At any rate, what happens next is up to you, but I would prefer that you go on making arrangements for me by yourself as you have in the past. I think the most Tuttle would be useful for is to give us some idea of the market and of what can be gotten for a novel.

	~~::::::::::::::::::::Norm~~

	~~{{Letterhead end}}~~

	~~{{Aade-sm}}~~
	~~===Notes===~~
	~~{{reflist}}~~

	~~{{Aad-letters}}~~

Grlucas: Oops, missed a couple of things.

2019-04-09T22:26:18Z

Oops, missed a couple of things.

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	Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged ''[[The Presidential Papers]]'' and the new novel, ''[[An American Dream]]'', is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle<ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works.</ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.		Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged ''[[The Presidential Papers]]'' and the new novel, ''[[An American Dream]]'', is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle<ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works.</ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.

	As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 ''New York Review of Books'' titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|''The New York Review of Books'']], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, ''whether he wished to or not'', for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.		As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 ''New York Review of Books'' titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of ''The Presidential Papers'' that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|''The New York Review of Books'']], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, ''whether he wished to or not'', for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.

	::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />
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	P.S. Just now I spoke to Henry Morisson of Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., (580 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N.Y.; cable address: Scottmere), and told him that you were to have complete and final say-so on all Japanese matters, and that he would please instruct Tuttle to that effect. Morrison promised to send a telegram today to Tuttle clarifying the matter and passing on my instructions that in all matters Tuttle is to obtain your final approval. This gives you complete power over Tuttle, Eiichi, and I think it would be best to have as little to do with Tuttle as possible, because I have found that when I have the power to make decisions but continue to work with other people that I tend to give away some of my power in embarrassment, forcing myself to accept suggestions I don’t really like in order to save the feelings of the other person. At any rate, what happens next is up to you, but I would prefer that you go on making arrangements for me by yourself as you have in the past. I think the most Tuttle would be useful for is to give us some idea of the market and of what can be gotten for a novel.		P.S. Just now I spoke to Henry Morisson of [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]] Literary Agency, Inc., (580 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N.Y.; cable address: Scottmere), and told him that you were to have complete and final say-so on all Japanese matters, and that he would please instruct Tuttle to that effect. Morrison promised to send a telegram today to Tuttle clarifying the matter and passing on my instructions that in all matters Tuttle is to obtain your final approval. This gives you complete power over Tuttle, Eiichi, and I think it would be best to have as little to do with Tuttle as possible, because I have found that when I have the power to make decisions but continue to work with other people that I tend to give away some of my power in embarrassment, forcing myself to accept suggestions I don’t really like in order to save the feelings of the other person. At any rate, what happens next is up to you, but I would prefer that you go on making arrangements for me by yourself as you have in the past. I think the most Tuttle would be useful for is to give us some idea of the market and of what can be gotten for a novel.

	::::::::::::::::::::Norm		::::::::::::::::::::Norm

Grlucas: Couple of tweaks.

2019-04-09T22:23:07Z

Couple of tweaks.

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	Dear Eiichi,		Dear Eiichi,

	Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged [[The Presidential Papers\|''~~The Presidential Papers'']]~~ and the new novel, [[An American Dream~~\|''An American Dream~~'']], is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle <ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works. </ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.		Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged ''[[The Presidential Papers]]'' and the new novel, ''[[An American Dream]]'', is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle<ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works.</ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.
	As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 ''New York Review of Books'' titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|''The New York Review of Books'']], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, ''whether he wished to or not'', for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.
			As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 ''New York Review of Books'' titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|''The New York Review of Books'']], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, ''whether he wished to or not'', for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.

	::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />
	::::::::::::::::::::Norman		::::::::::::::::::::Norman

	~~{{Letterhead end}}~~

	~~{{Letterhead start\|styles = margin: 2em 2em 2em 2em}}~~

	~~::::::::::::::::::::~~December 16		December 16

	P.S. Just now I spoke to Henry Morisson of Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., (580 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N.Y.; cable address: Scottmere), and told him that you were to have complete and final say-so on all Japanese matters, and that he would please instruct Tuttle to that effect. Morrison promised to send a telegram today to Tuttle clarifying the matter and passing on my instructions that in all matters Tuttle is to obtain your final approval. This gives you complete power over Tuttle, Eiichi, and I think it would be best to have as little to do with Tuttle as possible, because I have found that when I have the power to make decisions but continue to work with other people that I tend to give away some of my power in embarrassment, forcing myself to accept suggestions I don’t really like in order to save the feelings of the other person. At any rate, what happens next is up to you, but I would prefer that you go on making arrangements for me by yourself as you have in the past. I think the most Tuttle would be useful for is to give us some idea of the market and of what can be gotten for a novel.		P.S. Just now I spoke to Henry Morisson of Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., (580 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N.Y.; cable address: Scottmere), and told him that you were to have complete and final say-so on all Japanese matters, and that he would please instruct Tuttle to that effect. Morrison promised to send a telegram today to Tuttle clarifying the matter and passing on my instructions that in all matters Tuttle is to obtain your final approval. This gives you complete power over Tuttle, Eiichi, and I think it would be best to have as little to do with Tuttle as possible, because I have found that when I have the power to make decisions but continue to work with other people that I tend to give away some of my power in embarrassment, forcing myself to accept suggestions I don’t really like in order to save the feelings of the other person. At any rate, what happens next is up to you, but I would prefer that you go on making arrangements for me by yourself as you have in the past. I think the most Tuttle would be useful for is to give us some idea of the market and of what can be gotten for a novel.

Dmcgonagill: adding links/italics

2019-04-09T21:55:36Z

adding links/italics

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	Dear Eiichi,		Dear Eiichi,

	Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged [[The Presidential Papers\|The Presidential Papers]] and the new novel, [[An American Dream\|''An American Dream'']], is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle <ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works. </ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.		Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged [[The Presidential Papers\|''The Presidential Papers'']] and the new novel, [[An American Dream\|''An American Dream'']], is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle <ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works. </ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.
	As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 New York Review of Books titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|The New York Review of Books]], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, whether he wished to or not, for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.		As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 ''New York Review of Books'' titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|''The New York Review of Books'']], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, ''whether he wished to or not'', for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.

	::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />

Dmcgonagill: edit links

2019-04-09T21:41:08Z

edit links

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	Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged [[The Presidential Papers\|The Presidential Papers]] and the new novel, [[An American Dream\|''An American Dream'']], is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle <ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works. </ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.		Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged [[The Presidential Papers\|The Presidential Papers]] and the new novel, [[An American Dream\|''An American Dream'']], is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle <ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works. </ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.
	As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 New York Review of Books titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|The New York Review of Books]], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, whether he wished to or not, for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.		As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 New York Review of Books titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|The New York Review of Books]], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[w:Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[w:Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, whether he wished to or not, for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.

	::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />

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2019-04-09T21:40:27Z

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		::::::::::::::::::::142 Columbia Heights<br />
		::::::::::::::::::::Brooklyn 1, New York<br />
		::::::::::::::::::::December 15, 1963

		Dear Eiichi,

		Just a quick note to answer your questions in your letter of December 9. The man who arranged [[The Presidential Papers\|The Presidential Papers]] and the new novel, [[An American Dream\|''An American Dream'']], is an agent named [[w:Scott Meredith\|Scott Meredith]], and the annoyance with Tuttle <ref>Tuttle was an employee of a Japanese publishing firm that published Mailer’s works. </ref> occurred only because in the general pressure of other work I forgot to recognize that this would affect your situation in Japan. It is all and entirely my fault. I should have had the wit to remember when I gave them the foreign rights that this could cause you embarrassment. I’m afraid I can offer no excuses. I have a bad head for business and this complication slipped my mind entirely. However, on Monday I’m going to call them up and get this straightened out, and in fact I’ll delay mailing this letter until after I’ve spoken to them. So look for a continuation to this in the P.S. at the end of this letter.
		As for [[w:John F. Kennedy\|Kennedy]], I’ve been very depressed, too depressed to write more than a paragraph<ref>The “paragraph” Mailer refers to is a 175-word tribute to Kennedy, part of a symposium in the 26 December 1963 New York Review of Books titled “The Fate of the Union: Kennedy and After.” Mailer revamped it for the “Special Preface” to the Bantam soft cover edition of The Presidential Papers that appeared in May 1964.</ref> which I’ve already sent to you. It was, incidentally, printed in [[w:The New York Review of Books\|The New York Review of Books]], which is the one good review in America and has issues appear every two weeks. And in fact, it will be sent to you, for I took out a subscription for you. At any rate, I have no desire to write more now because the event is not only deeply depressing but enormous in its ramifications. Kennedy had personal charm—one misses him certainly that way—he was also nothing exceptional as a politician, rather a conventional middle-of-the-road leader of the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. What was lost is an intangible good. There was a particular magic or let us say liberty surrounding Kennedy which enabled one to be critical of him in a way that had been impossible in America since the [[w:World War II\|War]], and all sorts of subtle but exciting changes were occurring in America’s culture. In [[Marxism\|Marxist]] terms, while Kennedy did nothing to shift the nature of productive relations, he opened the way, whether he wished to or not, for dramatic, even radical, changes in the superstructure. To use myself personally as an example, my function shifted in these few years from some sort of mysterious half-notorious leader of the [[w:Beat Generation\|Beat Generation]], a sort of psychic guerilla leader, in fact, to something quite other, a respected if somewhat feared leader of the literary Establishment. And that change was terribly important, because in America one can accomplish very little change from outside the Establishment, whereas inside one’s words can even have a curious influence upon the leaders. And I fear that that, possibly for a good many of us, is now smashed altogether.

		::::::::::::::::::::My best for now,<br />
		::::::::::::::::::::Norman

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		::::::::::::::::::::December 16

		P.S. Just now I spoke to Henry Morisson of Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc., (580 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, N.Y.; cable address: Scottmere), and told him that you were to have complete and final say-so on all Japanese matters, and that he would please instruct Tuttle to that effect. Morrison promised to send a telegram today to Tuttle clarifying the matter and passing on my instructions that in all matters Tuttle is to obtain your final approval. This gives you complete power over Tuttle, Eiichi, and I think it would be best to have as little to do with Tuttle as possible, because I have found that when I have the power to make decisions but continue to work with other people that I tend to give away some of my power in embarrassment, forcing myself to accept suggestions I don’t really like in order to save the feelings of the other person. At any rate, what happens next is up to you, but I would prefer that you go on making arrangements for me by yourself as you have in the past. I think the most Tuttle would be useful for is to give us some idea of the market and of what can be gotten for a novel.

		::::::::::::::::::::Norm

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2019-04-09T18:24:19Z

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	~~::::::::::::::::::::142 Columbia Heights<br />~~
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	~~::::::::::::::::::::December 11, 1963~~

	Dear Mary Jane,<ref>Mailer’s letter to Mary Jane Shoultz, acquaintance with Ray Shoultz, confirms the fact that ''Esquire'' usually appeared approximately two weeks before its cover date. It also demonstrates his eagerness for feedback on the opening installment.</ref>

	I’m buried in mail today so this is just a line to ask you to let me know what you think of the first installment of the serial, which should be out about the time you get this letter. That is, if you have the time in your own busy life. How is Ray? I take it he’s completely recovered. I certainly hope so. Don’t worry about the delay at [[w:Random House\|Random House]] and [[w:Esquire (magazine)\|''Esquire'']]. Those places take forever.

	~~::::::::::::::::::::Best for now,<br />~~
	~~::::::::::::::::::::Norman~~
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Dmcgonagill: add (magazine) to Esquire

2019-04-08T22:00:11Z

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	Dear Mary Jane,<ref>Mailer’s letter to Mary Jane Shoultz, acquaintance with Ray Shoultz, confirms the fact that ''Esquire'' usually appeared approximately two weeks before its cover date. It also demonstrates his eagerness for feedback on the opening installment.</ref>		Dear Mary Jane,<ref>Mailer’s letter to Mary Jane Shoultz, acquaintance with Ray Shoultz, confirms the fact that ''Esquire'' usually appeared approximately two weeks before its cover date. It also demonstrates his eagerness for feedback on the opening installment.</ref>

	I’m buried in mail today so this is just a line to ask you to let me know what you think of the first installment of the serial, which should be out about the time you get this letter. That is, if you have the time in your own busy life. How is Ray? I take it he’s completely recovered. I certainly hope so. Don’t worry about the delay at [[w:Random House\|Random House]] and [[w:Esquire\|''Esquire'']]. Those places take forever.		I’m buried in mail today so this is just a line to ask you to let me know what you think of the first installment of the serial, which should be out about the time you get this letter. That is, if you have the time in your own busy life. How is Ray? I take it he’s completely recovered. I certainly hope so. Don’t worry about the delay at [[w:Random House\|Random House]] and [[w:Esquire (magazine)\|''Esquire'']]. Those places take forever.

	::::::::::::::::::::Best for now,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::Best for now,<br />

Dmcgonagill: final edits per Dr. Lucas & add Random House link

2019-04-08T21:55:45Z

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	Dear Mary Jane, <ref>Mailer’s letter to Mary Jane Shoultz, acquaintance with Ray Shoultz, confirms the fact that ~~[[w:Esquire\|~~''Esquire'']] usually appeared approximately two weeks before its cover date. It also demonstrates his eagerness for feedback on the opening installment.</ref>		Dear Mary Jane,<ref>Mailer’s letter to Mary Jane Shoultz, acquaintance with Ray Shoultz, confirms the fact that ''Esquire'' usually appeared approximately two weeks before its cover date. It also demonstrates his eagerness for feedback on the opening installment.</ref>

	I’m buried in mail today so this is just a line to ask you to let me know what you think of the first installment of the serial, which should be out about the time you get this letter. That is, if you have the time in your own busy life. How is Ray? I take it he’s completely recovered. I certainly hope so. Don’t worry about the delay at Random House and Esquire. Those places take forever.		I’m buried in mail today so this is just a line to ask you to let me know what you think of the first installment of the serial, which should be out about the time you get this letter. That is, if you have the time in your own busy life. How is Ray? I take it he’s completely recovered. I certainly hope so. Don’t worry about the delay at [[w:Random House\|Random House]] and [[w:Esquire\|''Esquire'']]. Those places take forever.

	:::::::::::::::Best for now,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::Best for now,<br />
	:::::::::::::::Norman		::::::::::::::::::::Norman
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2019-04-08T21:28:35Z

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	December 11, 1963		::::::::::::::::::::142 Columbia Heights<br />
			::::::::::::::::::::Brooklyn 1, New York<br />
			::::::::::::::::::::December 11, 1963

	Dear Mary Jane,		Dear Mary Jane, <ref>Mailer’s letter to Mary Jane Shoultz, acquaintance with Ray Shoultz, confirms the fact that [[w:Esquire\|''Esquire'']] usually appeared approximately two weeks before its cover date. It also demonstrates his eagerness for feedback on the opening installment.</ref>

	I’m buried in mail today so this is just a line to ask you to let me know what you think of the first installment of the serial, which should be out about the time you get this letter. That is, if you have the time in your own busy life. How is Ray? I take it he’s completely recovered. I certainly hope so. Don’t worry about the delay at Random House and Esquire. Those places take forever.		I’m buried in mail today so this is just a line to ask you to let me know what you think of the first installment of the serial, which should be out about the time you get this letter. That is, if you have the time in your own busy life. How is Ray? I take it he’s completely recovered. I certainly hope so. Don’t worry about the delay at Random House and Esquire. Those places take forever.
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	:::::::::::::::Norman		:::::::::::::::Norman
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