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| Norman Mailer: Works and Days |
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| Frontmatter |
| Preface • Lennon Introduction • Lucas Introduction • Acknowledgments and Appreciations |
| Bibliographies |
| First Editions • Key Texts • Bibliographies • Biographies • Criticism • Cultural Backgrounds |
| Works |
| Works Index • NM’s Introductions • The Big Bite • Mailer for Mayor • Abbott Affair |
| Days |
| Days Index • Important Dates |
| Index |
| Index of Names • Works Categories • Days Categories |
 Books •  Projects |
“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.
