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2019-04-27: In “One giant leap for mankind: 50 years on, the epic journey of Apollo 11,” Taschen writes “When three astronauts accomplished the first moon landing half a century ago, science fiction became reality. Their achievement, and the decade of work that made it possible, is recalled in a 50th anniversary edition of Norman Mailer’s classic book Of a Fire on the Moon. In Independent
2019-04-13: In “The Fight (1975) by Norman Mailer: Feel the punch of a heavyweight,” Rob Doyle argues that “Mailer is no ‘bad joke’ – he writes with a reckless candour foreign to today’s nice guys.” Thanks, Rob! In The Irish Times
2019-04-05: The Village Voice has published “Norman Mailer Runs for Mayor” from their archives. Joe Flaherty writes: “As radical as the program sounded, it made complete sense to me, and I also realized there wasn’t a politician in New York who would dare run on such ideas. Mailer was now my man.”
2019-03-22: Emily Temple of LitHub shows that Mailer’s career spanned 59 years, just shy of Borges’ 62.
2019-03-18: Call for Proposals: 17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference
2019-03-16: Call for Submissions: The Norman Mailer Society Graduate Writing Award
2019-02-05: 2019 Membership Drive: We begin our annual Norman Mailer Society Membership Drive
2019-01-26: The Washington Post reports that Diana Athill, one-time Mailer editor, dies. She was 101.

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 * '''2019-04-13''': In “The Fight (1975) by Norman Mailer: Feel the punch of a heavyweight,” Rob Doyle argues that “Mailer is no ‘bad joke’ – he writes with a reckless candour foreign to today’s nice guys.” Thanks, Rob! In [https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-fight-1975-by-norman-mailer-feel-the-punch-of-a-heavyweight-1.3843172 ''The Irish Times'']
 * '''2019-04-05''': The ''Village Voice'' has published “[https://www.villagevoice.com/2019/04/04/norman-mailer-runs-for-mayor/ Norman Mailer Runs for Mayor]” from their archives. Joe Flaherty writes: “As radical as the program sounded, it made complete sense to me, and I also realized there wasn’t a politician in New York who would dare run on such ideas. Mailer was now my man.”
+* '''2019-03-22''': [https://lithub.com/when-80-famous-writers-published-their-first-and-last-books/ Emily Temple of LitHub] shows that Mailer’s career spanned 59 years, just shy of Borges’ 62.
 * '''2019-03-18''': Call for Proposals: [[Norman Mailer Society/Conference/2019 Wilkes-Barre, PA#Call for Papers|17th Annual Norman Mailer Conference]]
 * '''2019-03-16''': Call for Submissions: [[Norman Mailer Society/Graduate Writing Award|The Norman Mailer Society Graduate Writing Award]]
 * '''2019-02-05''': [[Norman Mailer Society/Join/2019 Membership Drive|2019 Membership Drive]]: We begin our annual Norman Mailer Society Membership Drive
 * '''2019-01-26''': The ''Washington Post'' reports that [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/diana-athill-british-literary-editor-turned-award-winning-memoirist-dies-at-101/2019/01/24/eff744a6-1feb-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html Diana Athill, one-time Mailer editor, dies]. She was 101.