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“Is Modern Man Meaningless.” Article by Mary Perot Nichols. Village Voice, 30 December, 1, 3. Report on an 18 December symposium at Judson Memorial Church, New York City, sponsored by Dissent, titled “Happy Critics and a Rigged Society.” Joining Mailer on the panel were Judson pastor Rev. Howard R. Moody, Rev. Stephen Chinlund, Irving Howe and Harold Rosenberg, all of whom are quoted. Chinlund visited Mailer when he was confined at Bellevue in December 1960.