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It is with great pleasure that we launch the Inaugural Issue of ''[[The Mailer Review]]''. I emphasize “we” because the editorial staff experienced the pangs of delivery in bringing a multidimensional journal into existence. A significant number of midwives were required. [[J. Michael Lennon|Mike Lennon]], President of the [[Norman Mailer Society]] and Chair of the Editorial Board, was instrumental in providing his steadfast support for what was only a dream but one short year ago. Indeed, at last October’s annual conference his driving enthusiasm was instrumental in articulating the importance of an author’s journal to the Mailer Society membership. Mike Lennon was and is strategically critical to brainstorming this and future issues, mapping out thematic topics and approaches, and generously sharing his many contacts with Mailer scholars and friends around the world. Hunt Hawkins, USF Chair of English, has been exceptionally supportive and enthusiastic from the moment of conception, as has been John Skvoretz, University of South Florida Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. I am particularly grateful to [[Norman Mailer]] for giving his approval to the founding of the ''Review''. Although Mr. Mailer has no financial or editorial connections to the ''Review'', his intellectual and artistic presence over six decades is the force that made this endeavor possible. My special thanks to Susan Beegel, Editor of ''The Hemingway Review'', for her sage counsel.
It is with great pleasure that we launch the Inaugural Issue of ''[[The Mailer Review]]''. I emphasize “we” because the editorial staff experienced the pangs of delivery in bringing a multidimensional journal into existence. A significant number of midwives were required. [[J. Michael Lennon|Mike Lennon]], President of the [[Norman Mailer Society]] and Chair of the Editorial Board, was instrumental in providing his steadfast support for what was only a dream but one short year ago. Indeed, at last October’s annual conference his driving enthusiasm was instrumental in articulating the importance of an author’s journal to the Mailer Society membership. Mike Lennon was and is strategically critical to brainstorming this and future issues, mapping out thematic topics and approaches, and generously sharing his many contacts with Mailer scholars and friends around the world. Hunt Hawkins, USF Chair of English, has been exceptionally supportive and enthusiastic from the moment of conception, as has been John Skvoretz, University of South Florida Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. I am particularly grateful to [[Norman Mailer]] for giving his approval to the founding of the ''Review''. Although Mr. Mailer has no financial or editorial connections to the ''Review'', his intellectual and artistic presence over six decades is the force that made this endeavor possible. My special thanks to Susan Beegel, Editor of ''The Hemingway Review'', for her sage counsel.


Our editorial staff includes extraordinarily talented and dedicated veteran and emerging scholars: Associate Editor [[Gerald Lucas]], Assistant Editors [[Raymond Vince]] and [[Constance Holmes]], English staff Deedra Hickman and Daniel Kanouff. A special nod to [[Carol Holmes]] for her sharp eye. Further, there are numerous Society members who graciously offered their wise counsel: U.S. Congressman [[Neil Abercrombie]], [[Allen Ahearn|Allen]] and [[Pat Ahearn]], [[Bob Begiebing]], [[Philip Bufithis]], [[Chris Busa]], Tara Carlin, [[Barry Leeds]], [[Don Kaufmann]], [[Lawrence Schiller|Larry Schiller]], [[Barbara Mailer Wasserman]], [[John Whalen-Bridge]], and many others.
Our editorial staff includes extraordinarily talented and dedicated veteran and emerging scholars: Associate Editor [[Gerald Lucas]], Assistant Editors [[Raymond Vince]] and [[Constance Holmes]], English staff Deedra Hickman and Daniel Kanouff. A special nod to [[Carol Holmes]] for her sharp eye. Further, there are numerous Society members who graciously offered their wise counsel: U.S. Congressman [[Neil Abercrombie]], [[Allen Ahearn|Allen]] and [[Patricia Ahearn|Pat Ahearn]], [[Bob Begiebing]], [[Philip Bufithis]], [[Chris Busa]], Tara Carlin, [[Barry Leeds]], [[Don Kaufmann]], [[Lawrence Schiller|Larry Schiller]], [[Barbara Mailer Wasserman]], [[John Whalen-Bridge]], and many others.


[[File:Lennon Lucid 2004.jpeg|thumb|Mike Lennon and Robert Lucid at the Mailer Society Conference, 2004.]]
[[File:Lennon Lucid 2004.jpeg|thumb|Mike Lennon and Robert Lucid at the Mailer Society Conference, 2004.]]