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KMullins: Brenda Cliett Thomas 5 articles

2021-07-05T00:12:06Z

Brenda Cliett Thomas 5 articles

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	~~Raymond’s observation of Mailer’s habits and working routines~~, ~~his earned understanding of the man’s thoughts~~ and ~~desires, eventually condenses into something very like a psychic union, and Raymond misses few opportunities to~~ cite ~~the spooky nature of their connection~~. ~~The market trip leading to his employment with Mailer is represented as a causeless whim rather than a legitimate need for groceries, a propitious intuition rather than mundane event~~. ~~Raymond at one point shouts at Mailer, “I’m not in your head~~!~~” as Mailer tries to explain, in sparse terms,~~ the ~~changes he wants made to ''Gifts''. But Raymond spends much of his memoir showing that, in fact, he was in Mailer’s head for many of~~ the ~~one~~-~~thousand mornings~~ the ~~two spent together~~. ~~Mailer himself appears to have knowledge unfounded by experience~~: ~~“he simply knew things~~. ~~I don’t know how, but he did~~. ~~”Mailer was a bit superstitious about discussing their bond, somehow fearful that, verbalized, it would vanish~~. ~~“I had never given much weight to the belief that two minds, clearly~~ of ~~different caliber, could rock along in comfortable tandem~~,~~” Raymond writes~~. ~~“The odd communication that we shared, which Norman likened to telepathy, seemed more delicate now, more important, yet we still~~		{{cite web \|url= https://seminoles.com/brenda-cliette-bio/\|title=Brenda Cliett Bio \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date=September 19, 2014 \|website=Seminoles.com\|publisher= \|access-date= \|quote=}}
	~~avoided discussion of the phenomenon as little as possible.”~~
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			{{cite web \|url=http://georgiasportshalloffame.com/site/meet-the-inductees/meet-the-inductees-brenda-cliette/ \|title= Meet the Inductees: Brenda Cliett\|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date= \|website= georgiasportshalloffame.com\|publisher= \|access-date= \|quote=}}

			{{cite web \|url=https://www.macon.com/news/local/article58377848.html \|title= 33 Macon-Bibb firefighters promoted after exodus of officers \|last= Fabian \|first= Liz\|date= February 4, 2016 \|website= macon.com\|publisher= \|access-date= \|quote=}}

KMullins: finished through page 677

2021-06-27T03:44:33Z

finished through page 677

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	~~These developments fed~~ the ~~early LQ verdict in the January 2008 ''Smithsonian''~~, a ~~print-medium legacy bible~~. The ~~presumptive judge~~, ~~Lance Morrow,dissects Mailer’s “huge ego” and finds it “unpleasant” and “poisonous~~.~~”Thus~~, Mailer ~~“[I]n his own ways he embodied America’s worst faults: selfindulgence~~, ~~bullying~~, ~~sense~~ of ~~entitlement~~, ~~irrelevant belligerence~~, the ~~obnoxious American self~~-~~importance that is a corrupted Emersonianism—Emerson without the sweetness, the calm, the brains,~~ the ~~transcendence”(97)~~.~~Such deconstruction gets a body English treatment when Morrow refers~~ to ~~a 1994 Valentine’s Day incident at Carl Bernstein’s fiftieth birthday party~~.~~Mailer~~ was about to ~~commit a social atrocity and was likened to a madcap Existential killer-driver:~~		Raymond’s observation of Mailer’s habits and working routines, his earned understanding of the man’s thoughts and desires, eventually condenses into something very like a psychic union, and Raymond misses few opportunities to cite the spooky nature of their connection. The market trip leading to his employment with Mailer is represented as a causeless whim rather than a legitimate need for groceries, a propitious intuition rather than mundane event. Raymond at one point shouts at Mailer, “I’m not in your head!” as Mailer tries to explain, in sparse terms, the changes he wants made to ''Gifts''. But Raymond spends much of his memoir showing that, in fact, he was in Mailer’s head for many of the one-thousand mornings the two spent together. Mailer himself appears to have knowledge unfounded by experience: “he simply knew things. I don’t know how, but he did. ”Mailer was a bit superstitious about discussing their bond, somehow fearful that, verbalized, it would vanish. “I had never given much weight to the belief that two minds, clearly of different caliber, could rock along in comfortable tandem,” Raymond writes. “The odd communication that we shared, which Norman likened to telepathy, seemed more delicate now, more important, yet we still
			avoided discussion of the phenomenon as little as possible.”
	~~<blockquote>He rocked back and forth on~~ the ~~balls~~ of ~~his feet~~ in ~~the boxer’s way he had~~, ~~a rhythmic motion meant to conjure menace~~, ~~as if he wished~~ to ~~let you know that while he had one foot safely on the brake~~, ~~the other was pressed on the accelerator~~, ~~his motor surging ... so that if he chose~~, ~~he might release~~ the ~~brake and hurtle across the room and smash through the brick wall and cause God knows what mayhem in the world outside~~.~~{{sfn\|Mailer\|1994\|p=94}}</blockquote>~~

KMullins at 00:11, 17 June 2021

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	These developments fed the early LQ verdict in the January 2008 ''Smithsonian'', a print-medium legacy bible. The presumptive judge, Lance Morrow,dissects Mailer’s “huge ego” and finds it “unpleasant” and “poisonous.”Thus, Mailer “[I]n his own ways he embodied America’s worst faults: selfindulgence, bullying, sense of entitlement, irrelevant belligerence, the obnoxious American self-importance that is a corrupted Emersonianism—Emerson without the sweetness, the calm, the brains, the transcendence”(97).Such deconstruction gets a body English treatment when Morrow refers to a 1994 Valentine’s Day incident at Carl Bernstein’s fiftieth birthday party.Mailer was about to commit a social atrocity and was likened to a madcap Existential killer-driver:		These developments fed the early LQ verdict in the January 2008 ''Smithsonian'', a print-medium legacy bible. The presumptive judge, Lance Morrow,dissects Mailer’s “huge ego” and finds it “unpleasant” and “poisonous.”Thus, Mailer “[I]n his own ways he embodied America’s worst faults: selfindulgence, bullying, sense of entitlement, irrelevant belligerence, the obnoxious American self-importance that is a corrupted Emersonianism—Emerson without the sweetness, the calm, the brains, the transcendence”(97).Such deconstruction gets a body English treatment when Morrow refers to a 1994 Valentine’s Day incident at Carl Bernstein’s fiftieth birthday party.Mailer was about to commit a social atrocity and was likened to a madcap Existential killer-driver:

	~~====Citations====~~		<blockquote>He rocked back and forth on the balls of his feet in the boxer’s way he had, a rhythmic motion meant to conjure menace, as if he wished to let you know that while he had one foot safely on the brake, the other was pressed on the accelerator, his motor surging ... so that if he chose, he might release the brake and hurtle across the room and smash through the brick wall and cause God knows what mayhem in the world outside.{{sfn\|Mailer\|1994\|p=94}}</blockquote>
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2021-06-16T23:59:11Z

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+These developments fed the early LQ verdict in the January 2008 ''Smithsonian'', a print-medium legacy bible. The presumptive judge, Lance Morrow,dissects Mailer’s “huge ego” and finds it “unpleasant” and “poisonous.”Thus, Mailer “[I]n his own ways he embodied America’s worst faults: selfindulgence, bullying, sense of entitlement, irrelevant belligerence, the obnoxious American self-importance that is a corrupted Emersonianism—Emerson without the sweetness, the calm, the brains, the transcendence”(97).Such deconstruction gets a body English treatment when Morrow refers to a 1994 Valentine’s Day incident at Carl Bernstein’s fiftieth birthday party.Mailer was about to commit a social atrocity and was likened to a madcap Existential killer-driver:
-Imagine such absurdity, historically speaking. To hell with ''The Ring'',Wagner was such a rotter. And up the LQ of Will Shakespeare with his blank bio,
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-but down the LQ of the thuggish Ben Jonson. And give a zero read to Ezra
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2021-06-16T23:26:32Z

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SOME PRELIMINARY SPECULATION ON NORMAN MAILER'S LEGACY reminds
me of a media-fixed auto derby that has already predetermined a Mailer finish as a questionable non-winner at the starting-gate.

Such derby flux began with the news of Mailer’s recent demise and
became fast-tracked into obvious truth that Mailer’s Legacy Quotient (LQ) is
unique in that his “character” supersedes and eclipses his canon of work A
writer’s behavior, in short, is all that matters to some critics. The LQ axiom,
in Mailer’s case, remains commonplace: character overshadows canon.

Imagine such absurdity, historically speaking. To hell with ''The Ring'',Wagner was such a rotter. And up the LQ of Will Shakespeare with his blank bio,
but down the LQ of the thuggish Ben Jonson. And give a zero read to Ezra
Pound, that Fascist. And don’t forget that old goat, Theodore Dreiser, and his
whorehouse antics. And, yes, Papa Hemingway, that macho bundle of character flaws. Heraclitus said that “Character is Destiny.” Enter Norman Mailer,
a literary bundle of flux, perhaps destined to have his ego read more than his
books. Also enter the ubiquitous media that increasingly preside over a
nation of gawkers rather than readers.

In 1948, a curtain rose and out trots an unknown with a big war book, an
overnight best seller and a corresponding big-eyed media. What a readymade twosome, Mailer and the media, mutual enablers, and Norman Mailer
becomes America’s leading literary celebrity. Unlike his two nearest competitors, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal, Mailer was typecast as ruffian
extraordinaire—a 24/7 bully-brawler in salons and saloons, the epitome of
egghead violence. Overnight, Mailer became the undisputed bad boy of
American letters, so said the drooling, yet chiding media.