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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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(Breiseth 107) | (Breiseth 107) | ||
# Announcements: Maggie McKinley | # Announcements: [[Maggie McKinley]] | ||
# ''[[Mailer Review]]'': Phillip Sipiora | # ''[[Mailer Review]]'': [[Phillip Sipiora]] | ||
# Board Nominations: Jerry Lucas | # Board Nominations: [[Jerry Lucas]] | ||
# Lucid Award Committee: Nicole DePolo | # Lucid Award Committee: [[Nicole DePolo]] | ||
# Treasurer’s Report: Jason Mosser | # Treasurer’s Report: [[Jason Mosser]] | ||
# 2019 Conference Site: Maggie McKinley | # 2019 Conference Site: [[Maggie McKinley ]] | ||
# New Business | # New Business | ||
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(Breiseth 106) | (Breiseth 106) | ||
* [[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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(Breiseth 107) | (Breiseth 107) | ||
* [[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 | * [[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==== | ||
(Breiseth 106) | (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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(Breiseth 107) | (Breiseth 107) | ||
* [[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 | * [[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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(Breiseth 106) | (Breiseth 106) | ||
[[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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(Breiseth 106) | (Breiseth 106) | ||
Nicole DePolo; Jerry Lucas; Sal Fallica | [[Nicole DePolo]]; [[Jerry Lucas]]; [[Sal Fallica]] | ||
===10:15-11:15=== | ===10:15-11:15=== | ||
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(Breiseth 107) | (Breiseth 107) | ||
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) | (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==== | ||
(Breiseth 107) | (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==== | ||
(Breiseth 106) | (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'''==== | ||
(Breiseth 107) | (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 | * [[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=== | ||
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(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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(Breiseth 106) | (Breiseth 106) | ||
John Buffalo Mailer and Nicole DePolo | [[John Buffalo Mailer]] and [[Nicole DePolo]] | ||
===10:15-11:30=== | ===10:15-11:30=== | ||
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* Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life” | * Stephen Mailer’s “Flaubrucht: A Celebration of Life” | ||
* Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly” | * Antonia Colodro’s “Beverly” | ||
* Introduced by Stephen Mailer | * Introduced by [[Stephen Mailer]] | ||
===11:45-12:45=== | ===11:45-12:45=== | ||
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(Breiseth 106) | (Breiseth 106) | ||
[[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=== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:43, 20 May 2022
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)
- Announcements: Maggie McKinley
- Mailer Review: Phillip Sipiora
- Board Nominations: Jerry Lucas
- Lucid Award Committee: Nicole DePolo
- Treasurer’s Report: Jason Mosser
- 2019 Conference Site: Maggie McKinley
- 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)
- Matthew Hinton, “The Pugilist vs. The Publisher: Norman Mailer Takes On”
- Chondell Villines, “Mailer and Celebrity”
- Bill Lowenburg, “Mailer: A Life in Pictures”
- Moderator: Robert Saxe
Session #2: Philosophical Foundations & Political Connections
(Breiseth 106)
- Raj Chandarlapaty, “The Hipster”
- Alex Hicks, “Mailer’s Marxist Politics”
- Ann von Mehren, “Armies of the Night, Mitch Goodman, and the CPA”
- Moderator: Jerry Lucas
12:30-1:45
Lunch on Your Own
2:00-3:00
Session #1: Mailer and Journalism
(Breiseth 107)
- Jason Mosser, “Mailer’s Literary Journalism in Context”
- Sal Fallica, “In the Red Light: History Biding Its Time”
- Victor Peppard, “Mailer and Breslin: Champions of the Little Man and the Outlaw”
- Moderator: Phil Sipiora
Session #2: Of a Fire on the Moon After 50 Years
(Breiseth 106)
- Carol Holmes Alpern, “Of a Fire on the Moon: A Retrospective”
- Walter Lewallen, “That Sinking Feeling”
- Moderator: Enid Stubin
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)
- Jeanne Fuchs, “Mailer in Translation”
- Jason Mosser, “Mailer and Malaquais in Conversation”
- Mike Lennon, “Mailer and Stendhal”
- Moderator: Victor Peppard
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)
- James Taylor, “Mailer and Jack Henry Abbott Revisited: Some Famous Writers and Their Convict Projects”
- Phil Sipiora, “Literary Rhetoric in The Executioner’s Song”
- Edward Birzin, “Mailer and The Faith of Graffiti”
- Moderator: Matthew Hinton
3:45-4:45
The Executioner’s Song: A 40th Anniversary Panel Discussion
(Breiseth 107)
- Featured speaker Larry Schiller
- Moderator: Mike Lennon
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.