59.16

“Interest in Books Flowers Where the Tall Corn Grows.” Article-interview by Van Allen Bradley. Chicago News, 7 December. Another report on the 4-5 December University of Iowa symposium. Mailer says the writer’s task is to “build a bridge across the no man’s land of the mass media and reach the serious reader who cannot stand bad books.” See 59.15, 59.17, 59.18, 83.10.