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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 |
"Mailer Was the Rage". Article-interview by Ron Rosenbaum. New York Observer, 6 February, 1, 8. Rosenbaum explores Mailer's demanding theological beliefs which place humans squarely in the middle of the battle between God and the Devil. For a postscript, Rosenbaum calls Mailer for comment. Mailer obliges him by pointing out that the cosmic struggle is not binary:
| “ | Finally I feel we live in a triangular relation with God and the Devil, that we're a separate force. It's not that we're little puppets pushed around by an anode pole and a cathode pole. We push back on them. So it makes for a very complex universe, complex moral universe, because you never know at a given moment whether you're doing it [acting, 'pushing back'] as a human or whether you're being tricked by one or the other of two opposed deities. | ” |
