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====''The White Negro''. San Francisco: City Lights Books. Essay, 27 pp., 35¢, softcover.==== | ====''The White Negro''. San Francisco: City Lights Books. Essay, 27 pp., 35¢, softcover.==== | ||
This often-reprinted pamphlet is almost always given a 1957 date in bibliographies, an unlikely date in that the essay is followed in the pamphlet by the 1958 piece, “Reflections on Hipsterism” ([[58.1]]). A 23 August 1959 ''Chicago Sun-Times'' review of | This often-reprinted pamphlet is almost always given a 1957 date in bibliographies, an unlikely date in that the essay is followed in the pamphlet by the 1958 piece, “Reflections on Hipsterism” ([[58.1]]). A 23 August 1959 ''Chicago Sun-Times'' review of the second (50¢) [[w:City Lights Bookstore|City Lights]] edition, and Mailer’s 30 April 1959 letter to City Lights editor, [[w:Lawrence Ferlinghetti|Lawrence Ferlinghetti]], indicates a 1959 City Lights publication date. In addition, the list of available City Lights publications in the 50¢ edition contains only 1958 publications. Rpt: [[57.1]], [[59.13]], [[98.7]] (partial), ''Voices of Dissent: A Collection of Articles from Dissent''. New York: Grove, 1958. | ||
the second (50¢) City | |||
Lights edition, and | |||
Mailer’s 30 April 1959 | |||
letter to City Lights | |||
editor, Lawrence | |||
Ferlinghetti, | |||
indicates a 1959 City | |||
Lights publication | |||
date. In addition, the | |||
list of available City | |||
Lights publications | |||
in the 50¢ edition | |||
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[[57.1]], [[59.13]], [[98.7]] | |||
(partial), ''Voices of | |||
Dissent: A Collection | |||
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Dissent''. New York: | |||
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Revision as of 11:20, 28 April 2019
The White Negro. San Francisco: City Lights Books. Essay, 27 pp., 35¢, softcover.
This often-reprinted pamphlet is almost always given a 1957 date in bibliographies, an unlikely date in that the essay is followed in the pamphlet by the 1958 piece, “Reflections on Hipsterism” (58.1). A 23 August 1959 Chicago Sun-Times review of the second (50¢) City Lights edition, and Mailer’s 30 April 1959 letter to City Lights editor, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, indicates a 1959 City Lights publication date. In addition, the list of available City Lights publications in the 50¢ edition contains only 1958 publications. Rpt: 57.1, 59.13, 98.7 (partial), Voices of Dissent: A Collection of Articles from Dissent. New York: Grove, 1958.
City Lights cover.
Baldwin’s response in Esquire, May 1, 1961.
Bibliography
- Baldwin, James (1988). "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy". Collected Essays. New York: Library of America. pp. 269–285.
- Ehrlich, Robert (1978). Norman Mailer: The Radical as Hipster. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
- Gutman, Stanley T. (1975). Mankind in Barbary: The Individual and Society in the Novels of Norman Mailer. Hanover, NH: The University Press of New England.
- Holmes, John Clellon (February 1, 1958). "The Philosophy of the Beat Generation". Esquire. pp. 35–47. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
- Malaquais, Jean (1959). "Reflections on Hip". In Mailer, Norman. Advertisements for Myself. pp. 359–62.
- O'Neil, Paul (November 30, 1959). "The Only Rebellion Around". Life Magazine. 47 (22): 115+.
- Podhoretz, Norman (Spring 1958). "The Know-Nothing Bohemians". Partisan Review. 25 (2): 305+.
- Polsky, Ned (1959). "Reflections on Hip". In Mailer, Norman. Advertisements for Myself. pp. 365–69.
- Wenke, Joe (2013). Mailer's America. Stamford, CT: Trans Uber LLC.
