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“Author Calls Biography a ‘Risk.’” Article by Associated Press writer. (Albany, Ore.) Democrat-Herald, 26 October. Report on Mailer’s 25 October speech at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on 79.14. Mailer said his intention was not to glorify Gilmore but to inspire “a sense of awe about the complexity of human nature.” Longer versions of this AP story appeared in the following newspapers: (Greeley, Colo.) Tribune (27 October); (Billings, Mont.) Gazette (28 October); (Provo, Utah) Herald (28 October); (Watertown, S.D.) Public Opinion (29 October). See 79.18.