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{{Large|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference<br/>
__NOTOC__{{Large|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference<br/>
''Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture''<br/>
''Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture''<br/>
Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA<br/>
Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA<br/>
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# Announcements: Maggie McKinley  
# Announcements: [[Maggie McKinley]]
# Minutes of 2018 Business Meeting: Marc Triplett
# ''[[Mailer Review]]'': [[Phillip Sipiora]]
# ''[[Mailer Review]]'': Phillip Sipiora
# Board Nominations: [[Jerry Lucas]]
# ''[[Project Mailer]]'': Jerry Lucas
# Lucid Award Committee: [[Nicole DePolo]]
# Board Nominations: Jerry Lucas
# Treasurer’s Report: [[Jason Mosser]]
# Lucid Award Committee: Nicole DePolo
# 2019 Conference Site: [[Maggie McKinley ]]
# Treasurer’s Report: Jason Mosser
# New Business
# Mailer Writers’ Colony and Mailer Collection at Wilkes: Bonnie Culver
# 2019 Conference Site: Maggie McKinley  
# New Business  


===10:15-11:15===
===10:15-11:15===
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* [[Bob Begiebing]], “Mailer and the Founders”
* [[Bob Begiebing]], “Mailer and the Founders”
* Robert Saxe, “‘A Little Better Than They Should Have Been’: Norman Mailer and the Romance of the Kennedys”
* [[Robert Saxe]], {{" '}}A Little Better Than They Should Have Been’: Norman Mailer and the Romance of the Kennedys”
* Alex Hicks, “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left Conservatism’”
* [[Alex Hicks]], “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left Conservatism{{' "}}
* Moderator: [[Nicole DePolo]]
* Moderator: [[Nicole DePolo]]


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* [[Matthew Hinton]], “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On”
* [[Matthew Hinton]], “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On”
* Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity”
* [[Chondell Villines]], “Mailer and Celebrity”
* Bill Lowenberg, “Mailer: A Life in Pictures”
* [[Bill Lowenburg]], “Mailer: A Life in Pictures”
* Moderator: Robert Saxe  
* Moderator: [[Robert Saxe]]


====Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections====
====Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections====
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(Breiseth 106)
* Raj Chandarlapaty, “The Hipster”
* [[Raj Chandarlapaty]], “The Hipster”
* Alex Hicks, “Mailer’s Marxist Politics”
* [[Alex Hicks]], “Mailer’s Marxist Politics”
* Ann von Mehren, “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA”
* [[Ann von Mehren]], “''Armies of the Night'', Mitch Goodman, and the CPA”
* Moderator: [[Jerry Lucas]]
* Moderator: [[Jerry Lucas]]


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* [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer’s Literary Journalism in Context”
* [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer’s Literary Journalism in Context”
* Sal Fallica, “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time”
* [[Sal Fallica]], “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time”
* [[Victor Peppard]], “Mailer and Breslin: Champions of the Little Man and the Outlaw”
* [[Victor Peppard]], “Mailer and Breslin: Champions of the Little Man and the Outlaw”
* Moderator: [[Phil Sipiora]]
* Moderator: [[Phil Sipiora]]
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====Session #2: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' After 50 Years====
====Session #2: ''Of a Fire on the Moon'' After 50 Years====
(Breiseth 106)
(Breiseth 106)
* Carol Holmes-Alpern, “''Of a Fire on the Moon'': A Retrospective”
* [[Carol Holmes Alpern]], “''Of a Fire on the Moon'': A Retrospective”
* Walter Lewallen, “That Sinking Feeling”
* [[Walter Lewallen]], “That Sinking Feeling”
* Moderator: Enid Stubin
* Moderator: [[Enid Stubin]]


===3:15-4:15===
===3:15-4:15===
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[[Mike Lennon]]; Jerry Lucas; [[Susan Mailer]]; [[Maggie McKinley]]
[[Mike Lennon]]; [[Jerry Lucas]]; [[Susan Mailer]]; [[Maggie McKinley]]


===4:30-5:30===
===4:30-5:30===
====Book Reading====
====Book Reading====
Susan Mailer, ''In Another Place'' (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception.
[[Susan Mailer]], ''In Another Place'' (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception.


===5:45-7:00===
===5:45-7:00===
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Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica  
[[Nicole DePolo]]; [[Jerry Lucas]]; [[Sal Fallica]]


===10:15-11:15===
===10:15-11:15===
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John Buffalo Mailer; Timothy Nolan; Mike Lennon  
[[John Buffalo Mailer]]; [[Timothy Nolan]]; [[Mike Lennon]]


===11:30-12:30===
===11:30-12:30===
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(Breiseth 106)


Mark Olshaker; Marc Triplett; Maggie McKinley  
[[Mark Olshaker]]; [[Marc Triplett]]; [[Maggie McKinley]]


====Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection====
====Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection====
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(Breiseth 107)
* Jeanne Fuchs, “Mailer in Translation”
* [[Jeanne Fuchs]], “Mailer in Translation”
* Jason Mosser, “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation”
* [[Jason Mosser]], “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation”
* Mike Lennon, “Mailer and Stendhal”
* [[Mike Lennon]], “Mailer and Stendhal”
* Moderator: Victor Peppard
* Moderator: [[Victor Peppard]]


===12:30-1:45===
===12:30-1:45===
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====Session #1: ''Advertisements'' and Influences====
====Session #1: ''Advertisements'' and Influences====
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(Breiseth 106)
* Enid Stubin, “''Advertisements for Myself'': Mailer’s Workes”
* [[Enid Stubin]], “''Advertisements for Myself'': Mailer’s ''Workes''”
* Ray Vince, “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: ''Advertisements'', ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’”
* [[Ray Vince]], “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: ''Advertisements'', ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’”
* [[Erik Nakjavani]], “Limit Situations: A Recurring Theme in Hemingway’s and Mailer’s Works”
* [[Erik Nakjavani]], “Limit Situations: A Recurring Theme in Hemingway’s and Mailer’s Works”
* Moderator: Jason Mosser
* Moderator: [[Jason Mosser]]


====Session #2: '''Art and Criminality'''====
====Session #2: '''Art and Criminality'''====
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(Breiseth 107)
* James Taylor, “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects”
* [[James Taylor]], “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects”
* Phil Sipiora; “Literary Rhetoric in ''The Executioner’s Song''”
* [[Phil Sipiora]], “Literary Rhetoric in ''The Executioner’s Song''”
* Edward Birzin, “Mailer and ''The Faith of Graffiti''”
* [[Edward Birzin]], “Mailer and ''The Faith of Graffiti''”
* Moderator: Matthew Hinton
* Moderator: [[Matthew Hinton]]


===3:45-4:45===
===3:45-4:45===
====''The Executioner’s Song'': A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion====
====''The Executioner’s Song'': A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion====
(Breiseth 107)
(Breiseth 107)
* Featured speaker Larry Schiller
* Featured speaker [[Larry Schiller]]
* Moderator: Mike Lennon
* Moderator: [[Mike Lennon]]


===5:00-6:30===
===5:00-6:30===
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===7:00-9:00===
===7:00-9:00===
====Screening of ''The Executioner’s Song''====
====Screening of ''The Executioner’s Song''====
followed by Q&A with Larry Schiller (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, South St.)
followed by Q&A with [[Larry Schiller]] (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, South St.)


==SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th==
==SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th==
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John Buffalo Mailer and Nicole DePolo  
[[John Buffalo Mailer]] and [[Nicole DePolo]]


===10:15-11:30===
===10:15-11:30===
====Two Films on Beverly Bentley====
====Two Films on Beverly Bentley====
(Breiseth 107)
(Breiseth 107)
* Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life” and Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly”
* Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life”
* Introduced by Stephen Mailer
* Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly”
* Introduced by [[Stephen Mailer]]


===11:45-12:45===
===11:45-12:45===
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Bonnie Culver, Wendy Hinton, Matthew Hinton, Jason Miller and Jan Quackenbush
[[Bonnie Culver]], [[Wendy Hinton]], [[Matthew Hinton]], [[Jason Miller]], and [[Jan Quackenbush]]


===1:00-3:00===
===1:00-3:00===
====Luncheon & Keynote Address====  
====Luncheon & Keynote Address====  


Maggie Mailer (Henry Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl.) This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from Mashey Bernstein.
[[Maggie Mailer]] (Henry Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl.) This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from [[Mashey Bernstein]].


[[Category:2019 Program]]
[[Category:2019 Conference]]

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17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference
Mailer on Politics, Public Life, and Pop Culture
Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
October 10-12, 2019

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th

9:00-10:00

Business Meeting

(Breiseth 107)

  1. Announcements: Maggie McKinley
  2. Mailer Review: Phillip Sipiora
  3. Board Nominations: Jerry Lucas
  4. Lucid Award Committee: Nicole DePolo
  5. Treasurer’s Report: Jason Mosser
  6. 2019 Conference Site: Maggie McKinley
  7. New Business

10:15-11:15

The Politics of American Democracy

(Breiseth 106)

  • Bob Begiebing, “Mailer and the Founders”
  • Robert Saxe, “‘A Little Better Than They Should Have Been’: Norman Mailer and the Romance of the Kennedys”
  • Alex Hicks, “Norman Mailer, White Working Class Male and ‘Left Conservatism’”
  • Moderator: Nicole DePolo

11:30-12:30

Session #1: Mailer in the Public Eye

(Breiseth 107)

Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections

(Breiseth 106)

12:30-1:45

Lunch on Your Own

2:00-3:00

Session #1: Mailer and Journalism

(Breiseth 107)

Session #2: Of a Fire on the Moon After 50 Years

(Breiseth 106)

3:15-4:15

Current Mailer Projects

(Breiseth 106)

Mike Lennon; Jerry Lucas; Susan Mailer; Maggie McKinley

4:30-5:30

Book Reading

Susan Mailer, In Another Place (Breiseth 107). Book Signing to Follow in Weckesser Hall at Opening Reception.

5:45-7:00

Opening Reception

(Weckesser Hall)

Sponsored by Wilkes Maslow Family Creative Writing Program and the University Advancement Office

7:00-8:00

Tour of Mailer Reading Room and Collection

(Farley Library, 2nd Floor)

Dedication of Nancy Ellen Craig’s Mailer Portrait

Dinner on your own

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11th

9:00-10:00

Mailer and McLuhan

(Breiseth 106)

Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica

10:15-11:15

Norman Mailer and the Actor’s Studio

(Breiseth 107)

John Buffalo Mailer; Timothy Nolan; Mike Lennon

11:30-12:30

Session #1: Mailer and Violence

(Breiseth 106)

Mark Olshaker; Marc Triplett; Maggie McKinley

Session #2: Mailer’s French Connection

(Breiseth 107)

12:30-1:45

Lunch on Your Own

Board Meeting & Lunch in Miller Room, Henry Student Center

2:00-3:00

Session #1: Advertisements and Influences

(Breiseth 106)

  • Enid Stubin, “Advertisements for Myself: Mailer’s Workes”
  • Ray Vince, “Angst, Authorship, and the Critics: Advertisements, ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro,’ and ‘The Crack-Up’”
  • Erik Nakjavani, “Limit Situations: A Recurring Theme in Hemingway’s and Mailer’s Works”
  • Moderator: Jason Mosser

Session #2: Art and Criminality

(Breiseth 107)

3:45-4:45

The Executioner’s Song: A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion

(Breiseth 107)

5:00-6:30

Dinner on your own

7:00-9:00

Screening of The Executioner’s Song

followed by Q&A with Larry Schiller (Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, South St.)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12th

9:00-10:00

Undergraduate Work on Mailer

(Breiseth 106)

John Buffalo Mailer and Nicole DePolo

10:15-11:30

Two Films on Beverly Bentley

(Breiseth 107)

  • Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life”
  • Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly”
  • Introduced by Stephen Mailer

11:45-12:45

Wilkes Readers’ Theater: The Time of Our Time

(Breiseth 106)

Bonnie Culver, Wendy Hinton, Matthew Hinton, Jason Miller, and Jan Quackenbush

1:00-3:00

Luncheon & Keynote Address

Maggie Mailer (Henry Student Center Ballroom, 2nd Fl.) This year’s keynote address was funded by a generous donation from Mashey Bernstein.

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