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“[[Norman Mailer on Literary Instincts and Ambitions]].” Interview by Sean Abbott, ''At Random'', 27 April. Eleven-page omnibus interview on the occasion of the publication of ''The Time of Our Time'' ([[98.7]]). Among many other topics, {{NM}} notes how his standing with feminists have hurt him: | |||
Instincts and Ambitions.” Interview | |||
by Sean Abbott, ''At Random'', 27 | {{cquote|It was a great shock to me that women were actually able to affect how people read me, and therefore a lot of people were not reading me. Probably two-thirds to three-quarters of women who are reading novels these days won’t read me, and that means that maybe a third of the men won’t read me either because it gets to be too much of a hassle. The wife might say, ‘What are you reading ''him'' for?’}} | ||
April. Eleven-page omnibus | |||
interview on the occasion of the | Major interview by a shrewd interviewer. | ||
publication of ''The Time of Our Time'' ([[98.7]]). Among many other topics, | |||
{{NM}} notes how his standing | |||
with feminists have hurt him: | |||
women were actually able to affect | |||
how people read me, and therefore | |||
a lot of people were not reading | |||
me. Probably two-thirds to three-quarters | |||
of women who are reading | |||
novels these days won’t read me, | |||
and that means that maybe a third | |||
of the men won’t read me either | |||
because it gets to be too much of a | |||
hassle. The wife might say, ‘What are you reading him for? | |||
interview by a shrewd interviewer. | |||
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“Norman Mailer on Literary Instincts and Ambitions.” Interview by Sean Abbott, At Random, 27 April. Eleven-page omnibus interview on the occasion of the publication of The Time of Our Time (98.7). Among many other topics, Mailer notes how his standing with feminists have hurt him:
| “ | It was a great shock to me that women were actually able to affect how people read me, and therefore a lot of people were not reading me. Probably two-thirds to three-quarters of women who are reading novels these days won’t read me, and that means that maybe a third of the men won’t read me either because it gets to be too much of a hassle. The wife might say, ‘What are you reading him for?’ | ” |
Major interview by a shrewd interviewer.
