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Norman Mailer: Works and Days
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Advertisements for Myself. New York: Putnam’s, 6 November; London: Deutsch, October 1961 (see 61.15 for note on British edition). Miscellany, 532 pp., $5.

Original working title: “The Hip and the Square: A Miscellany.” Republished with preface by Mailer. New York: Berkley, December 1976 (76.16). Preface reprinted (minus first paragraph) as “An Advertisement Advertised” in 82.16. Dedication: “I dedicate this book to the memory of Anne Mailer Kessler (1889-1958) and to David Kessler and to my father Isaac Barnett (‘Barney’) Mailer.” Portions of this miscellany appeared in periodicals at approximately the same time the book was published, a tactic that Mailer used to herald most of his major books from 1959 on. Rpt: 59.12; all of the short stories appear in 67.11 and 82.19; several selections appear in 98.7 and 13.1. See 59.8a, 59.10, 59.14, 13.2, 242–258.

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So Advertisements became the book in which I tried to separate my legitimate spiritual bile from my self-pity and maybe it was the hardest continuing task I had yet set myself. What aggravated every problem was that I was also trying to give up smoking, and the advertisements in this book, printed in italics, are testimony to the different way I was now obliged to use language.

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— Norman Mailer, 76.14

Cover of the first edition.

Bibliography

Reviews

Davis, Robert Gorham (1960). "Norman Mailer and the Trap of Egotism". Story. 33 (spring): 117–119. Negative.
Kazin, Alfred (November 26, 1959). "How Good is Norman Mailer?". Reporter. pp. 40–41. Positive. Rpt: Kazin (1962), Lucid (1971).
Krim, Seymour (1960). "A Hungry Mental Lion". Evergreen Review (January–February): 175–185. Positive. See 61.23.
Steiner, George (1961). "Naked but Not Dead". Encounter. pp. 67–70. Positive. Rpt: Lennon (1986).
Tynan, Kenneth (November 18, 1959). "Review of Advertisements for Myself". Village Voice. Positive. Rpt: Wolf and Fancher (1962). See 56.1–56.17.
Vidal, Gore (January 2, 1960). "The Norman Mailer Syndrome". Nation. pp. 13–16. Mixed. Rpt: Lucid (1971), Bloom (1986), Vidal (1993). See 60.3.

Essays

v t e Norman Mailer: Works and Days — 1940s
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1941	41.1
1942	42.1 42.2
1943	—
1944	44.1
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1946	—
1947	—
1948	48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 48.5 48.6 48.7 48.8 48.9 48.10 48.11 48.12 48.13
1949	49.1 49.2 49.2a 49.2b 49.2c 49.3 49.4 49.5 49.6

v t e Norman Mailer: Works and Days — 1950s
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1950	—
1951	51.1 51.2 51.3 51.3a 51.4 51.5
1952	52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3
1953	53.1 53.2 53.3 53.4 53.5
1954	54.1 54.2 54.3
1955	55.1 55.2 55.3 55.4 55.5 55.6 55.7 55.8
1956	56.1 56.2 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.6 56.7 56.8 56.9 56.10 56.11 56.12 56.13 56.14 56.15 56.16 56.17 56.18 56.19 56.20 56.21 56.22 56.23 56.24 56.25 56.26
1957	57.1 57.2
1958	58.1 58.2 58.3 58.4 58.4a 58.4b 58.5 58.6 58.7
1959	59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.6 59.7 59.8 59.8a 59.9 59.10 59.11 59.12 59.13 59.14 59.15 59.16 59.17 59.18 59.19

v t e Norman Mailer: Works and Days — 1960s
1850s 1860s 1870s 1890s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
1960	60.1 60.2 60.3 60.4 60.4a 60.5 60.6 60.6a 60.7 60.8 60.9 60.10 60.10a 60.10b 60.10c 60.10d 60.10e 60.10f 60.10g 60.10h 60.11
1961	61.1 61.2 61.2a 61.3 61.3a 61.3b 61.3c 61.4 61.5 61.5a 61.6 61.7 61.8 61.9 61.10 61.11 61.12 61.13 61.14 61.15 61.16 61.17 61.18 61.19 61.20 61.21 61.21a 61.21b 61.21c 61.22 61.22a 61.23
1962	62.1 62.2 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.5a 62.6 62.7 62.8 62.9 62.10 62.11 62.12 62.12a 62.13 62.13a 62.13b 62.14 62.15 62.16 62.17 62.17a 62.17b 62.18 62.19 62.20 62.21 62.22 62.23 62.24 62.25
1963	63.1 63.2 63.3 63.4 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.8 63.9 63.10 63.11 63.12 63.13 63.14 63.15 63.16 63.17 63.18 63.19 63.20 63.21 63.22 63.23 63.24 63.25 63.26 63.27 63.27a 63.28 63.29 63.30 63.31 63.31a 63.32 63.33 63.34 63.35 63.36 63.37 63.37a 63.38 63.39 63.40
1964	64.1 64.2 64.3 64.4 64.5 64.6 64.7 64.8 64.9 64.10 64.10a 64.11 64.12 64.13 64.14 64.15 64.16 64.17 64.18 64.19 64.20 64.21 64.22 64.23
1965	65.1 65.2 65.2a 65.3 65.4 65.4a 65.5 65.6 65.7 65.8 65.9 65.10 65.11 65.11a 65.12 65.13 65.14 65.15 65.16 65.17 65.18 65.19 65.20 65.21 65.22 65.23 65.24
1966	66.1 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.5 66.6 66.7 66.8 66.9 66.10 66.11 66.12 66.13 66.14 66.15
1967	67.1 67.2 67.3 67.4 67.4a 67.4b 67.5 67.6 67.7 67.8 67.9 67.9a 67.10 67.11 67.11a 67.12 67.13 67.14 67.15 67.16 67.17 67.18 67.19 67.19a 67.20 67.21 67.22 67.23 67.24
1968	68.1 68.1a 68.2 68.3 68.3a 68.3b 68.3c 68.4 68.5 68.6 68.6a 68.6b 68.6c 68.6d 68.7 68.7a 68.8 68.8a 68.8b 68.9 68.10 68.11 68.12 68.13 68.14 68.15 68.16 68.16a 68.16b 68.16c 68.17 68.18 68.19 68.20 68.21 68.21a 68.22 68.23 68.23a 68.24 68.25 68.26 68.27 68.28 68.29 68.30 68.31 68.32
1969	69.0 69.1 69.1a 69.2 69.3 69.4 69.5 69.6 69.7 69.8 69.9 69.10 69.11 69.12 69.13 69.14 69.15 69.16 69.17 69.18 69.19 69.20 69.21 69.22 69.23 69.24 69.25 69.26 69.27 69.28 69.29 69.30 69.31 69.32 69.33 69.34 69.34a 69.35 69.36 69.37 69.38 69.39 69.40 69.41 69.42 69.43 69.44 69.45 69.46 69.47 69.48 69.49 69.50 69.51 69.52 69.53 69.54 69.55 69.56 69.57 69.58 69.59 69.60 69.61 69.62 69.63 69.64 69.65 69.66 69.67 69.68 69.69 69.70 69.71 69.72 69.73 69.74 69.75 69.76 69.77 69.78 69.79 69.80 69.81 69.82 69.83