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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 |
“The Author as Celebrity.” Article-interview by Dan Cryer. 3 February, Newsday.com (subscription required). Mailer talks at some length about the matter of literary celebrity: “You develop a perverse appetite for it, even though you hate it. I can’t pretend to be pure that way.” He continued: “It may be that a part of me had to show off in order to get out some serious work. The truth is, we are very often at cross-purposes with ourselves.” Of his contemporaries, he says: “I was dead wrong on Updike. I was dead wrong on Roth. I was pretty mean on them, and they’ve been doing excellent work for years.”
