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“A Librarian Interviews Norman Mailer.” By Ophelia Georgiev Roop. American Libraries, July–August, 412–413. Consists of notes of Roop’s conversation with Mailer before he gave the third annual Marian McFadden Memorial Lecture at the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, where he also read from his novel-in-progress, Ancient Evenings (83.18). His comments focus on television and libraries and the magazines he likes: Scientific American, Adventure Travel, Mariah, Nation, and New Republic. Rpt: Roop’s interview originally appeared in the June issue of Reading in Indianapolis.